Description
ISBN: 9781911648932
Year: 2026
Publisher: The Indigo Press
Description:
Tamarin Bay, Mauritius, is a travel agent's paradise: a tropical ocean, fishermen unloading their daily catch, children building sandcastles, surfers riding giant waves.
But just along the shoreline is the beach of La Preneuse, the taker of souls. The island is haunted with tragedy and the remnants of colonial rule.
But it is also home, where Anita Ram longs to be following the collapse of her marriage. After enduring a shocking betrayal and the sexism and racism of a cold Britain in the early twenty-first century, she finds comfort in simple things; her mother's cooking, her childhood bedroom, and a handsome architect.
Will these be enough for Anita to find happiness again, or will the ghosts of her past consume her?
Following the international success of her debut Riambel, Hein's heart-wrenching new novel reveals the violence and beauty inherent in her native Mauritius.
'Set against the lush beauty and brutal history of Mauritius, this novel explores heartbreak, homecoming, and healing with lyrical power.' Brittle Paper
'[a] vivid examination of love, generational trauma and how the impact of slavery still haunts Mauritian lives.' National Geographic Traveller
'A beautiful, melancholy story...A tale of longing and regret, of missed chances, of stillborn dreams.' Ananda Devi, author of Eve Out of Her Ruins
'The narrative of 'some exotic girl from a faraway island' could have easily fallen into cliche in the hands of a lesser writer. But in Tamarin, Priya Hein tells the story with such b