Once, Two Islands

Dawn Garisch

Original title: Once, two islands

first published 2007 Kwela Books, 2008 paperback 320 pages

On an island in the southern Atlantic seas, a baby girl is born one dark winter’s day, while the spin-drift wind sings strange songs around the gullies and cliffs. But Gulai’s mother dies soon after giving birth and her father, Dr. Orion Prosper, the only medical doctor on the island, blames himself, refusing to talk to anyone. But Gulai never stops crying and her aunt is forced to seek advice from Sophia, the island...

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Once Two Islands edition · 2009 · Myrmidon Books Ltd. · 9781905802319
Once, Two Islands paperback · 2008 · Kwela Books · 320 pages · 9780795702471
Once, two islands edition · 2008 · Myrmidon Books Ltd. · 316 pages · 9781905802166

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