Many thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for gifting me an audio ARC of this wonderful book by Charlotte McConaghy, wonderfully narrated by the cast of Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveldm and Steve West. All opinions expressed in this review are my own – 5 stars!
Dominic Salt and his three children (Raff, Fen, and Orly) are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica, and home to the world’s largest seed bank. With sea levels rising, the Salts are the only inhabitants and are packing up the seeds before being transported away. During a terrible storm, a woman washes up on shore. As the Salts nurse the woman, Rowan, back to life, they all come back to life a bit. Until secrets start showing their faces.
This is a wonderful atmospheric novel. You can see the beauty of the landscape, the wildlife, but see the damage the world has done as well. The Salt family is completely isolated, running out of food and time, with no way to communicate with the outside world. When Rowen enters their tiny circle, she keeps the real reason she is there to herself, but the Salt family is full of secrets as well. It was taut and tense, as the family fight the elements as well as their personal demons. The audiobook was fabulous, with a full cast making the story even more immersive.
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