Haven by Emma Donoghue

Haven by Emma DonoghueThree men vow to leave the world behind them and start anew . . In seventh century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks young Trian and old Cormac he travels down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and

Will Felix Hoenikker's death wish come true

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor

Confucius and Socrates

'No living novelist dramatizes artistic creation as profoundly

and law as the chief obstacles to the progress of humanity

from biopsy to mastectomy

Ruth herself enters the quarantined space and begins to care for the young man who cries for his mother in the last moments of his life

the people of Ballyglass are equally determined to keep their secrets

wit and extraordinary eye for the richness that underpins the quiet of our lives

war-time diary

and advocating for their needs and their experiences

'Captivating' DONNA TARTT