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An Island

✍ Scribed by Jennings, Karen

Publisher: Holland House Books
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Weight: 87 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781910688922

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✦ Synopsis

A young refugee washes up unconscious on the beach of a small island inhabited by no one but Samuel, an old lighthouse keeper. Unsettled, Samuel is soon swept up in memories of his former life on the mainland: a life that saw his country suffer, then fight for independence, only to fall to a cruel dictator; he recalls his own part in its history.

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