Second Nature

Magical Realism

Author: Alice Hoffman

This novel is set on a tiny island. When Robin, a divorced mother of a teenage boy, brings home a handsome, if slightly strange, off-islander named Stephen, the whole island is alive with rumour. When someone starts prowling around the island at night, suspicion falls on Stephen…..Read More

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