
GATHER THE DAUGHTERS is a haunting story of an isolated island cult for fans of THE HANDMAID'S TALE THE GIRLS & THE POWER ' An intriguing gorgeously realised & written novel which inexorably draws you into its dark heart' Kate Hamer On a small isolated island there's a community that lives by its own rules Boys grow up knowing they will one day reign inside & outside the home while girls know they will be married & pregnant within moments of hitting womanhood But before that time comes there is an island ritual that offers children an exhilarating reprieve Every summer they are turned out onto their doorsteps to roam wild they run they fight they sleep on the beach & build camps in trees They are free It is at the end of one of these summers as the first frost laces the ground that one of the younger girls witnesses something she was never supposed to see & she returns home muddy & terrified clutching in her small hand a truth that could unravel their carefully constructed island world forever