Whale Fall
'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell
'An exquisite, evocative coming-of-age story that takes place in a world on the cusp of great change' -Ā Observer
'Utterly exquisite' - Imogen Hermes Gowar
It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island's shore, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves, have villagers steeling themselves for whatās to come. Empty houses remind them of the men taken by the Great War, and of the difficulty of building a life in the island's harsh, salt-stung landscape.
When two anthropologists from the mainland arrive, Manod sees in them a rare moment of opportunity to leave the island and discover the life she has been searching for. But, as she guides them across the islandās cliffs, she becomes entangled in their relationship, and her imagined future begins to seem desperately out of reach.
Elizabeth OāConnorās beautiful, devastating debutĀ Whale FallĀ tells a story of longing and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world on the edge of great tumult.
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Whale Fall
'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell
'An exquisite, evocative coming-of-age story that takes place in a world on the cusp of great change' -Ā Observer
'Utterly exquisite' - Imogen Hermes Gowar
It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island's shore, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves, have villagers steeling themselves for whatās to come. Empty houses remind them of the men taken by the Great War, and of the difficulty of building a life in the island's harsh, salt-stung landscape.
When two anthropologists from the mainland arrive, Manod sees in them a rare moment of opportunity to leave the island and discover the life she has been searching for. But, as she guides them across the islandās cliffs, she becomes entangled in their relationship, and her imagined future begins to seem desperately out of reach.
Elizabeth OāConnorās beautiful, devastating debutĀ Whale FallĀ tells a story of longing and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world on the edge of great tumult.
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'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell
'An exquisite, evocative coming-of-age story that takes place in a world on the cusp of great change' -Ā Observer
'Utterly exquisite' - Imogen Hermes Gowar
It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island's shore, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves, have villagers steeling themselves for whatās to come. Empty houses remind them of the men taken by the Great War, and of the difficulty of building a life in the island's harsh, salt-stung landscape.
When two anthropologists from the mainland arrive, Manod sees in them a rare moment of opportunity to leave the island and discover the life she has been searching for. But, as she guides them across the islandās cliffs, she becomes entangled in their relationship, and her imagined future begins to seem desperately out of reach.
Elizabeth OāConnorās beautiful, devastating debutĀ Whale FallĀ tells a story of longing and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world on the edge of great tumult.
