From literary legend Isabel Allende comes the moving story of a woman determined to take control of her own destiny, in a society where that would seem impossible ‘A magical storyteller’ Daily MailIt is 18th century Saint Domingue, and Tété never knew her parents. All she knows is that her mother was a slave, and that her white father’s identity will forever remain a mystery.As a child she is sold to the plantation-owner Toulouse Valmorain, and finds herself subjected to his unwanted attentions. Still, in spite of everything, she finds community and comfort among the other slaves. And as a revolution gains momentum and opportunities surface, she can’t help but wonder: will freedom, one day, be in reach?Powerful and moving, Island Beneath the Sea is a story of courage and hope, even in the cruellest of circumstances.
AmazonPages: 592, Paperback, Bloomsbury Publishing
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