A hauntingly, beautiful book that throws you right into the center of a remote island filled with a dark past and a family struggling to survive an impossible task, while dealing with their own dark secrets. Hopefulness, tragedy and trauma are woven throughout. It’s definitely one of those books that makes you sit back and think every few pages. 

Also, the imagery in this book is out of this world. The author’s descriptions of the island, the plants and animals that live there made me feel like I was actually right there along for the wild journey of the Salt family.