In an island community facing extinction, can hope rise stronger than grief? Sisi de Mathilde lives on a remote island in the Indian Ocean. With the seas rising, the birth rate plummeting and her community under threat, she works as a scientist, reporting on local climate conditions to help protect her island home. But her life is thrown into turmoil when she finds herself newly widowed and unexpectedly pregnant. When a group of outsiders arrive and try to persuade her community to abandon the island, Sisi is caught between the sacred 'old ways' of her ancestors and the possibilities offered by the outside world. As tensions rise and the islanders turn on one another, Sisi must fight to save her home, her people and her unborn child.

About the Author
Lorraine Wilson is an ex-conservation scientist who writes fiction influenced by folklore and the wilderness. With a third-culture heritage, she is drawn to themes of family, belonging and the legacy of trauma. Her debut novel This Is Our Undoing (2021) was shortlisted for the Kavya Prize and for the British Fantasy Society's Best Newcomer and Best Fantasy Novel awards, and longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association's Best Novel award. Her second novel The Way the Light Bends was published in 2022. Mother Sea was shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year 2023. She won a British Fantasy Award for her short story 'Bathymetry' in 2022. Lorraine currently lives on the east coast of Scotland with her family.

Reviews
'Wilson's prose moves at a relaxed pace - sticky, sweet and abundant' -The Daily Telegraph;'Lyrical, moving, and at times haunting' -Awais Khan, author of 'No Honour';'With prose as vivid and colourful as a sunset, Wilson paints a tale that is both timeless and intensely topical' -Maria Turtschaninoff, author of the 'Red Abbey' Chronicles and 'Inherited Land';'Complex, rich and beautifully crafted' -Claire North, author of critically-acclaimed 'The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August'



Book Information
ISBN 9781914148347
Author Lorraine Wilson
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Fairlight Books
Publisher Fairlight Books