The Shore - Trade EditionLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2015 The Shore. A collection of small islands sticking out from the coast of Virginia into the Atlantic Ocean that has been home to generations of fierce and resilient women. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, its a place theyve inhabited, fled, and returned to for hundreds of years. From a brave girls determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, to a

vital and utterly satisfying companion novel

about faith

it is probably a fairly peaceful tropical colony ruled over by a British Governor General

I didn't trust the lovely Simone

" with Twig onboard

The closest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death - fake handbags of every designer label

disused mine

the Eurasian/Dutch girl

In the summer of 1914 a boy vanishes

That's if the terrifying marsh dogs don't kill him first

there was a murder in the mix - or was it suicide

Lucien was born on the harsh