Content warnings for this book: Depression, including some suicide ideation; and infant mortality. You can read more about these themes in my blog here.
Winner of the Society of Authors ADCI Literary Prize
Saltire Society’s Scottish Book Of The Year Award Finalist
British Science Fiction Award & Kavya Prize Longlisted
A contemporary climate fiction exploring postcolonialism, communal grief and belonging. Available from Waterstones & Blackwells here & Amazon here.
‘Complex, rich and beautifully crafted’ – Claire North
‘Lyrical, moving, and at times haunting… This is a book I will be thinking about for a long time. Just brilliant!‘ – Awais Khan
‘Lyrical‘ and ‘vital‘ – The Bookseller ‘Quietly satisfying’ – The Telegraph
In an island community facing extinction, can hope rise stronger than grief?
Sisi de Mathilde lives on a remote island in the Indian Ocean. With the seas rising, the birth rate plummeting and her community under threat, she works as a scientist, reporting on local climate conditions to help protect her island home. But her life is thrown into turmoil when she finds herself newly widowed and unexpectedly pregnant.
When a group of outsiders arrive and try to persuade her community to abandon the island, Sisi is caught between the sacred ‘old ways’ of her ancestors and the new possibilities offered by the outside world. As tensions rise and the islanders turn on one another, Sisi must fight to save her home, her people and her unborn child.
