A review by karteabooks
The Island Home by Libby Page

4.0

 Having previously read The Lido by this author, I knew that when I picked this book up, I was in for a real treat and this book certainly didn’t disappoint. 

 

Lorna's world is small but safe. She loves her daughter, and the two of them is all that matters. But after nearly twenty years, she and Ella are suddenly leaving London for the Isle of Kip, the tiny remote Scottish island where Lorna grew up. Alice's world is tiny but full. She loves the community on Kip, her yoga classes drawing women across the tiny island together. Now Lorna's arrival might help their family finally mend itself - even if forgiveness means returning to the past... So with two decades, hundreds of miles and a lifetime's worth of secrets between Lorna and the island, can coming home mean starting again? 

 

What a warm hug of a book, the author has painted a beautiful, detailed picture of the Isle of Kip, her descriptions of the landscape, the unpredictable weather were so vivid that I felt like I was actually there. 

 

I enjoyed getting to know al of the different characters and with living in such a close-knit community how all their lives inevitably wove into together. 

 The Island Home is a story about love, families, forgiveness, and the importance of friendship. 

 

I highly recommend this book, even though it is set in the summer, this is a book that can be read either lounging on a sun bed with a cold drink to hand or curled up under a blanket with a nice cup of tea close by. Wherever you do decide to settle down, I suggest you may need a box of tissues close to hand too.