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ProdID: 9313 - Islands Ever After
Written by Majella Cullinane

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May 2026

Islands Ever After product reviews

"We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep."

The separating seas in these fourteen beautiful and thought-provoking stories are variously wide, wild, and deadly. They segregate islands that are both physical and metaphorical, and isolate the disparate characters that inhabit them. And yet, beneath the surface of each uniquely individual tale lies a connecting undercurrent of shared human experience.

Islands Ever After is a collection of short stories, spanning the 18th century to the modern day. Primarily set on isles across Ireland, Scotland, and New Zealand, they explore the experiences of outsiders, immigrants, eccentrics, and outcasts in search of connection, understanding, and, above all, belonging.

A student in Dublin hopes for love while finding himself isolated by language; a WW1 officer loses his sight on a quarantine island; an executioner is reviled by everyone, including herself; a woman is separated from her husband during the COVID 19 lockdown; and a recent arrival fights for survival during one of New Zealand's great maritime tragedies. And, throughout, historical figures and their ghosts stalk the pages.

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Score: 8.3

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