"The award-winning Australian writer's third adult novel begins with a lone woman, Rowan, washed up on a remote island between Tasmania and Antarctica. Shearwater is a research outpost, home to the global seed vault created as a bulwark against climate catastrophe and to colonies of seals, penguins and birds. For eight years, Dominic Salt and his children have lived there, but dangerously rising sea levels mean that they, and the vault, will shortly be evacuated."
"When chaotic kleptomaniac Caitlin returns to her small Irish home town after the death of Kathleen, the mother from whom she has been estranged for many years, she's pleased to be welcomed by the Branaghs, friendly neighbours she remembers from childhood. Less pleasant is being forced to confront past traumas, including the disappearance of her nine-year-old friend Roisin from a local wood 20 years earlier. Caitlin feels guilty about this, as does Roisin's older sister Deedee, who is sure that Caitlin is still hiding something."
Rowan washes up on a remote island between Tasmania and Antarctica, where Shearwater hosts a seed vault and wildlife colonies. Dominic Salt and his children have lived there for eight years but face imminent evacuation as sea levels rise. Scientists are absent, communications have been sabotaged, and suspicion grows as secrets surface, forcing moral choices tied to grief, sacrifice and survival strategies. Chaotic kleptomaniac Caitlin returns to her small Irish hometown after her estranged mother's death and reconnects with neighbors from childhood. Caitlin confronts past traumas including her friend Roisin's disappearance twenty years earlier while Deedee, the investigator sister, struggles with alcohol, career jeopardy and the need for closure.
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