The Stolen Child: Lisa Carey - Tapa blanda

Some books set up house inside your soul. The Stolen Child is one such book. Utterly magnificent (M. R. Carey, author of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS)

Startling, bewitching and new; the world of Lisa Carey's The Stolen Child is less a tiny island than a multi-layered universe. Fierce and vivid in its portrayals of community, superstition, sexuality and the human need to believe and to connect, it's a novel which resists sentiment and instead plunges into the visceral quick of myth and legend, while keeping a clear and intelligent eye on the reality of how people are. Carey's women in particular are unforgettable: this is a novel to devour (Belinda McKeon, author of TENDER)

A piercing exploration of regret and desire, longing and love. It is a gorgeously written, inventive, and compelling novel (Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure)

Dark, dazzling, quintessentially Irish . . . The Stolen Child is completely and utterly ravishing (Monica Wood, author of ANY BITTER THING)

St Brigid's Island is the sinister, seductive home to several individualistic, spiky women. These women know that their world is peopled with more than can be seen and they collude with and push against those sources, often with frightening results. The Stolen Child is a gorgeously written book about female bonds and the ferocious pull of motherhood. Compelling, eerie and beautiful (Nuala O'Connor, author of MISS EMILY)

The Stolen Child is captivating - savage and tender, with a deep respect for the transcendent truths that lie in human pain. It grabs you, shakes you to your core and keeps you turning those pages. Leaving you reeling, sated and in love with its characters, landscape and utterly believable magic (Mia Gallagher, author of HELLFIRE)

Fans of Gothic intrigue have a treat in store. The Stolen Child by Lisa Carey has all the right ingredients for a good yarn: a windswept island, a jealous twin and a woman in search of a miracle (GOOD HOUSEKEEPING)

It's a brave author who names their book after a Yeats poem. But Carey's understated tale of complex women living complex lives is steeped in the strange, chilly tone of the 19th century verse (SFX MAGAZINE)

Carey paints an ethereally vivid picture of a legend drenched in fear, betrayal, love and desire - proof of her lyrical genius (Lucy Frith STYLIST)

Carey employs a generous dose of magic realism to leave you guessing, crafting a dark, devastating fairy tale that will keep you up into the wee hours (IRISH INDEPENDENT)