The Island of Longing

<p>WOULD YOU EVER GIVE UP ON FINDING YOUR CHILD, IF THEY VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE?<br><br><i>Number One Irish bestselling author of </i>When All is Said <i>Anne Griffin returns with this beautiful, emotional novel about love, loss, family and hope that will break your heart . . . but also put it back together again.</i><br><br><u>THE IRISH BESTSELLER THAT EVERYONE IS RAVING ABOUT:</u><br><br>''Stunning . . . I loved it'' LIZ NUGENT<br><br>''Elegant and moving'' JOHN BOYNE<br><br>''A storyteller of rate gifts'' JOSEPH O''CONNOR<br><br>''A beautiful, emotive mystery'' CHRIS WHITAKER<br><br>''Gently heartbreaking, but also hopeful and uplifting. An insight into the fragility of the human condition and what holds us together when we break'' <i>IRISH TIMES</i><br><br><i>One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched her daughter Saoirse cycle into town, expecting to hear the slam of the door when she returned a few hours later.<br><br> But the slam never came.</i><br><br> Eight years on, Rosie i