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<p><strong>From internationally bestselling author John Boyne comes a masterfully reflective story about one woman coming to terms with the demons of her past and finding a new path forward.</strong><br /><br />The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.<br /><br />But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes?<br /><br />Escaping her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all?<strong><br /><br />Praise for John Boyne</strong><br /><br /><strong>'A master storyteller'</strong> <em>Daily Express</em><br /><strong>'One of the best novelists of Ireland' </strong><em>Sunday Express</em><br /><strong>'Boyne offers writing of insight and beauty'</strong> <em>Observer</em><br /><strong>'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature' </strong>Colum McCann </p> <p><strong>From internationally bestselling author John Boyne comes a masterfully reflective story about one woman coming to terms with the demons of her past and finding a new path forward.</strong><br /><br />The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.<br /><br />But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes?<br /><br />Escaping her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.<strong><br /><br />Praise for John Boyne</strong><br /><br /><strong>'A master storyteller'</strong> <em>Daily Express</em><br /><strong>'One of the best novelists of Ireland' </strong><em>Sunday Express</em><br /><strong>'Boyne offers writing of insight and beauty'</strong> <em>Observer</em><br /><strong>'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature' </strong>Colum McCann</p>