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As different characters step
forward to tell the story, we are taken on a amazing, heart-wrenching journey,
when the witch of Rollrock, shunned and despised by the others from birth,
wreaks a cruel revenge.
On Rollrock Island ,
lonely, bullied Miskaella discovers her power to draw the seals from the sea.
In a tender love scene, beautifully written, she couples with a sealman and
becomes his wife. Her powers grow until she can bring forth lovely young girls
from the seals, girls whom the men of Rollrock will pay a lifetime’s wages to
take as wives.
The story flows forward,
over several seemingly peaceful years, where the life of the men on Rollrock, spellbound
by the witch, live in families with their seal wives and half-seal children, a
way of life that is also accepted, from
afar, by those on the mainland. But nobody from Cordlin visits Rollrock. Children
are forbidden to speak of it. Change comes from Rollrock itself, when one of
the island boys starts to ask questions and the truth emerges, with
terrifying consequences. .
This is an outstanding novel,
told in language that sparkles with fresh images on every page. Extraordinary and highly recommended.
For competent readers aged
12+
Pauline Chandler
www.paulinechandler.com
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2 comments:
It sounds wonderful! Thank you.
I'm sure you'll enjoy it, Pippa. It's one of those books that's just different. I'm going to look out her first book, 'Tender Morsels.' That looks good, too.
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