{"product_id":"the-island-house-posie-graeme-evans-9780743294430","title":"The Island House","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dressmaker\u003c\/i\u003e comes a riveting new novel about a young archaeologist who unearths ancient secrets, a tragic romance, and Viking treasure on a remote Scottish island.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dressmaker \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an unforgettable novel about a young archaeologist who unearths ancient secrets, a tragic romance, and Viking treasure on a remote Scottish island.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne warm, rainy summer, Freya Dane, a PhD candidate in archaeology, arrives on the ancient Scottish island of Findnar. Estranged as a child from her recently dead father, himself an archaeologist, Freya yearns to understand more about the man, his work on the island, and why he left her mother so many years ago. It seems Michael Dane uncovered much of Findnar's Viking and Christian past through his search for an illusive tomb, and Freya continues his work. The discoveries she is destined to make, far greater than her father's, will teach her the true meaning of love and of loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAD 800, and a wandering comet, an omen of evil, shines down on Findnar. The fears of the locals are justified. In a Viking raid, Signy, a Pictish girl, loses her entire family. Taken in by survivors of the island's Christian community, she falls in love with an injured Viking youth left behind by the raiders and is cast out. Confused and bereft, eventually she becomes a nun, a decision that will unleash tragedy as she is plunged into the heart of a war between three religions. Forced to choose among her ancestors' animist beliefs, her adopted faith, and the man she loves, Signy will call out to Freya across the centuries. Ancient wrongs must be laid to rest in the present and the mystery at the heart of Findnar's violent past exposed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn time the comet will return, a link between past and present. But for these two women, time does not exist. For them, the past will never die. It has waited for them both.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Posie Graeme-Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743294432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743294430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.40w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012","brand":"Posie Graeme-Evans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717162725631,"sku":"9780743294430","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d08745ce-691b-40a7-ae73-58b9086bc50c.jpg?v=1705687223","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-island-house-posie-graeme-evans-9780743294430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}