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Impossible Causes
by Julie Mayhew
The fictional Lark Island is located in the Northern Atlantic, 1500 miles away from the nearest sign of civilisation and only reachable for six months of the year. Sounds like the perfect hideaway given the current situation in the world, doesn’t it?
But things are seldom what they seem and a conservative, isolated community will surely have its own dirty secrets to hide.
Deborah Kendrick and her 16-year-old daughter, Viola, see Lark Island as a potential escape from their troubled present. However, they are not the only newcomers on the island with something to hide. Ben, the new teacher at St. Rita’s, causes quite a stir, especially among the teenage girls and fellow teacher Leah Cedars.
As time passes secrets are unravelled and suspicions arise when a body is found on the island. As with closed-off communities the fear of the unknown leads to irrational behaviour and this is no less the case than on Lark. The question is – what are the islanders hiding and at what cost do they want to keep their secrets?
Impossible Causes captures the claustrophobic feeling of living in isolation perfectly, while it keeps you in the dark about who the guilty parties are. Highly entertaining and much needed escapism.
But things are seldom what they seem and a conservative, isolated community will surely have its own dirty secrets to hide.
Deborah Kendrick and her 16-year-old daughter, Viola, see Lark Island as a potential escape from their troubled present. However, they are not the only newcomers on the island with something to hide. Ben, the new teacher at St. Rita’s, causes quite a stir, especially among the teenage girls and fellow teacher Leah Cedars.
As time passes secrets are unravelled and suspicions arise when a body is found on the island. As with closed-off communities the fear of the unknown leads to irrational behaviour and this is no less the case than on Lark. The question is – what are the islanders hiding and at what cost do they want to keep their secrets?
Impossible Causes captures the claustrophobic feeling of living in isolation perfectly, while it keeps you in the dark about who the guilty parties are. Highly entertaining and much needed escapism.