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When Grosjean's estranged daughter Mado returns to Le Devin, a tiny island caught like a crab in the shallow seas of northern France, she brings with her an air of energy and change that ruffles the crusty local fisherman. Divided squarely into two warring communities, the folks from La Houssiniere on the near side and the ones from Les Salants on the far side, the islanders' traditional feuds and superstitions persist. More menacing is the powerful Brismand, whose ruthless interests threaten the survival of Les Salants, the city to which Mado belongs. In enterprising spirit, Mado arranges to build a huge reef diverting the tide that has been gradually shifting the Salannais' beach towards their rivals, the Houssins, on the other side of the island, and steals it back. In doing this, she sparks off a chain of events that brings not only hope to the dying Salannais community, but also revelations of the past tragedy that still haunts older people Grosjean. Mado is set to determine what plagues her mute father, and also to stop the cunning Brismand whose business plans threaten her family's land. But her head is turned by the attractive, free-spirited Flynn. What lengths can she trust this flame-haired stranger, who claims he's without roots, yet whose connections with the island seem to be to perform so deep? Inspired by the island Joanne Harris used to go to as a kid, good battles against evil in this tale of bitter poetry that proves no man is ever an island. Rich with coastal imagery and smells, its twists and turns are salty and powerful, and utterly compelling.
