{"product_id":"the-fourth-island-sarah-tolmie-9781250769848","title":"The Fourth Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark, mournful, and beautiful, Sarah Tolmie's \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and unforgettable story of life and death on the hidden Irish island of Inis Caillte. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHuddled in the sea off the coast of Ireland is a fourth Aran Island, a secret island peopled by the lost, findable only in moments of despair. Whether drowned at sea, trampled by Cromwell's soldiers, or exiled for clinging to the dead, no outsiders reach the island without giving in to dark emotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime and again, \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Island\u003c\/i\u003e weaves a hypnotic pattern with its prose, presaging doom before walking back through the sweet and sour moments of lives not yet lost. It beautifully melds the certainty of loss with the joys of living, drawing readers under like the tide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Tolmie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250769841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250769848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tordotcom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2020 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSARAH TOLMIE is a poet, speculative fiction writer, and professor of English at the University of Waterloo. Her books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eTrio\u003c\/i\u003e in 2015 and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Dying\u003c\/i\u003e in 2018, both with McGill-Queen's University Press, were shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award and the Griffin Prize, respectively. Her fiction, published with Aqueduct Press, includes the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Little Animals\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eThe Stone Boatmen\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) which was a finalist for the Crawford award, the dual novella collection \u003ci\u003eTwo Travelers\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), and the short fiction collection \u003ci\u003eNoFood\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). Her poem \"Ursula Le Guin in the Underworld\" won the 2019 Aurora Award and the 2019 Rhysling Award. Sarah Tolmie lives in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah Tolmie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047580594431,"sku":"9781250769848","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3315bbe3-5f73-405e-8602-eba067ce0f05.jpg?v=1684991030","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fourth-island-sarah-tolmie-9781250769848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}