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A BuzzFeed, LitHub, Tor, and Library Journal Best Book of Summer An NPR, CrimeReads, and Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2022 Longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award "An eerie, melodic debut." —The New York Times Book Review The islanders have only three rules: don't stick your nose where it's not wanted, don't mention the war, and never let your guard down during October. Leigh Welles has not set foot on the island in years, but when she finds herself called home from life on the Scottish mainland by her father's unexpected death, she is determined to forget the sorrows of the past—her mother's abandonment, her brother's icy distance, the unspeakable tragedy of World War II—and start fresh. Fellow islander Iain MacTavish, an RAF veteran with his eyes on the sky and his head in the past, is also in desperate need of a new beginning. A young widower, Iain struggles to return to the normal life he knew before the war. But this October is anything but normal. This October, the sluagh are restless. The ominous, birdlike creatures of Celtic legend—whispered to carry the souls of the dead—have haunted the islanders for decades, but in the war's wake, there are more wandering soul

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Author
Emma Seckel
Publisher
Tin House Books, LLC
Published
2022
Language
EN
ISBN
9782022011134
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical
Rating
3.92 / 5 (36 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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