Mother Island

This is the story of two women, Nula and Maggie, joined by old family history and love for the same little boy. Nula, struggling with her new baby and feeling alone in her marriage, employs her cousin Maggie as a nanny when she returns to work. But it''s not long before Nula finds herself theatened by Maggie''s close bond with her son, Samuel. Nula''s outwardly perfect house crackles with unspoken jealousies and rivalry until Maggie''s intense love for Samuel tips into obsession and she decides her only option is to abduct the child. As Maggie makes her desperate bid for safety, the women''s shared past of trauma and loss comes to the fore once more. WINNER OF THE JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE 2015.

Product details

• Authors: Bethan Roberts, Roberts Bethan
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.07.2015
• EAN: 9780099555261
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955526-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Women, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary