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A book that opens your eyes is a rate one indeed'\u003c\/strong\u003e Claire Kilroy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e___________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom internationally bestselling author John Boyne comes a masterfully reflective story about one woman coming to terms with the demons of her past and finding a new path forward.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. 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