Water

By John Boyne,

Book cover of Water

Book description

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.

But scandals follow…


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Why read it?

1 author picked Water as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

It dealt with a topical subject in an effective and affecting way through characters who came across as utterly believable.

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