Title: The island at the end of the world
First published: 2009
Description: A chilling post-apocalyptic tale of how far a father will go to protect his children—from the author of The AmnesiacIn a world nearly destroyed by catastrophic floods, one family has been spared. Many years ago, as the waters rose, a father and his three children took to their ark and drifted to the safety of a small island. Life there is a quiet idyll of music and farming—and young Alice, Finn, and Daisy are grateful for their salvation—until the day a stranger swims ashore. A terrifyingly plausible adventure story, The Island at the End of the World is a mesmerizing novel from an exciting new writer.
Subjects: Fiction, Literature, Isolation (Philosophy), Brothers and sisters, Islands, Floods, Fathers and sons, Social aspects, Fiction, family life, general, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction
LC classification: PR6120.A954 I75 2009