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One Night on the Island by Josie Silver



                                            

If you’ve read One Day in December then you’ll know how great Josie Silver’s books are and this one, her latest, is no exception. 

It’s taken me longer than normal to read this but that’s not a reflection on the story at all, more my head space and I know I need to read to help and this is just one of those stories that takes you into another world that you can  totally imagine. Or at least I can. 

Cleo Wilder, 29, writer, is about to turn 30 and her relationship status is nowhere near marriage. Her work sets her an experiment of travelling to an island off the Irish coast to find her true self and to marry herself on her 30th birthday. When she arrives at Otter Lodge she finds it double booked and with no where else to go in this tiny island, Cleo and the other new resident have no choice but to share the accommodation.  Rules written, line drawn, Cleo struggles to do what she set out to do. Be alone and write but in the process of discovering herself she also discovers what the small community and her ‘flat mate’ have to offer. 

A perfect escape for anyone, the story was lovely and even though predictable,  not in the way you expect from the start or the ending you anticipated! 

Five stars from me on Goodreads. 
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