Little Island

FROM THE AUTHOR OF HER SISTER'S SHADOW

Grace
Flowers
By the water
Have fun!

Those were Joan Little’s last words to her daughter, Grace, written on a note she left behind. A grandmother herself, and proprietor of the Little Island Inn off the coast of Maine, Grace takes a pragmatic approach to the message, deciding these are Joan’s wishes for her memorial service. But it is the last instruction—Have fun!—that has Grace perplexed as she awaits the return of her far-flung clan.

The twins, Roger and Tamar, remain as close as they were in utero. Joy, the oldest, faces an empty nest that raises a troubling question: Who is she when she’s not being a mother? But something more than family unity binds the Little family together: a long-buried secret that haunts them all.

Now, they have come together to remember the past and discover that sometimes, all it takes is a few simple words to lift the fog and reveal what really matters.

“Little Island is the deeply compassionate story of an extended New England family beleaguered by loss, misunderstandings, and terrible secrets from the past. It is also a story about the power of redemption and self-fulfillment. Ms. Britton understands everything there is to understand about the Maine coast, from the way fog "both muffles and amplifies sound" to the fishing techniques of ospreys. Best of all, she understands how, through love, the human heart can overcome just about anything.”--Howard Frank Mosher