REVIEW
Although rooted in sadness and heartache,
The Island Home was a wonderfully uplifting read and just the kind of read I
was looking for.
Lorna left the Isle of Kip a long time ago,
22 years to be exact and she has never looked back. Now it’s just her and her
14-year-old daughter Ella, and that’s all that matters. But little did she know
that Ella had been doing some digging and now she finds herself travelling back
to the Isle of Kip and back to face some of those ghosts from her past.
Alice on the other hand is happy on the
tiny Island of Kip, having moved there to be with Jack. She loves the yoga classes
she hosts and the wonderful community. And now with Lorna coming back to the
island to see Jack after all this time, will Alice’s family finally be able to
mend themselves?
I had so many questions when I first
started reading this, the main and obvious one being why had Lorna left the island
all those years ago? What had happened and why hadn’t she tried to go back? I
was very intrigued and it was part of the reason I kept on reading.
The other main draw was the sense of
community on the Isle of Kip. I love stories that bring people together, the camaraderie
they have with one another, their kindness and willingness to help one another,
leapt out of the page at me. It made me want to move somewhere just like it.
Libby writes a comforting and believable story,
with every introduction of a new character, I fell in love with the island just
that little bit more. She also portrays the awkwardness and difficulties Lorna faces upon returning to
the island really well, especially when it came to her brother Jack.
An uplifting story, full of heart.
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