A review by wtb_michael
Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar

5.0

This is a superb novel, set in a horrifyingly plausible near-future in which rising sea levels have started to inundate small island communities while bringing out the best and worst in wider society. Treloar focuses in on a handful of key characters - primarily complicated, prickly Kitty Hawke. Kitty's life on Wolfe Island changes forever when her estranged grandaughter arrives with a handful of other people fleeing from various challenges on the mainland. The book creates a grim future - a society dealing with the impacts of climate change by withdrawing into conservatism, authoritarianism and small-mindedness. But Treloar also illustrates the best of humanity - love, courage and selflessness. It's a beautiful, sad, anxiety-inducing book that should win a whole bunch of prizes.