In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife discovered a remote Island to build a life together. Their descendants live peacefully with eccentric neighbors until the intrusion of eugenics masked in Christian missionaries comes to "cleanse" the island.

At just over 200 pages, Harding writes about the distinct culture and unique happiness of a group of inhabitants living far away from "civilization" with compassion and tenderness. Harding's style seamlessly blends humor and hardship with beautiful prose and reminds me of A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW (Amor Towles) and MERCURY PICTURES PRESENTS (Anthony Marra).

Thank you to Librofm for the gifted ALC