I felt homesick for a place I have never visited after finishing this thoughtful, intelligent novel. Liltingly poetic, like the Welsh language itself, the story slips fluidly from hermit nuns, to a lesbian film director to a released murderer, all insightfully portrayed against the evocative backdrop of Bardsey Island, which is a character itself. Through excavations that are both real and metaphorical, the cast of characters contemplate love, language and identity, delving into long hidden secrets to uncover many-layered truths.
