A review by sophie_harman
Island Song by Madeleine Bunting

5.0

As soon as Roz is handed a letter from her solicitor following the death of her mother, Helene, presenting the life-changing news that the father she knew and loved was in fact not her biological father at all, we are instantly thrust into a complex and gripping character journey. As a reader you are not only drawn into the complicated familial journey Roz experiences as she seeks to find out the secrets of her past, but also a profound moral quandary, as we slowly learn more about Helene’s past on Nazi occupied Guernsey throughout the Second World War. This is an incredibly moving, thought-provoking, and engrossing novel from start to finish.