Little Great Island
A Novel

Little Great Island by Kate Woodworth. Thanks to @getredpr for the gifted Arc and seeds to plan to attract butterflies ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Little Great Island is threatened by climate change. Mari McGavin has just come back to the island after fleeing a religious cult and takes on a fight to save the town. If y......more

I’m drawn to novels where setting is so important it functions as its own character. Little Great Islands is an excellent example of such a story. While environmental and economic forces imperil the island, loss and fear plague the two main characters, who arrive off-season, on the ferry, to a commu......more

Set during an inflection point that threatens to forever change a small New England island and its inhabitants, LITTLE GREAT ISLAND explores the ways in which members of a divided community facing ecological and economic ruin reckon with their individual pasts and their present needs in order to hel......more

Mari and her young son have run away from a cult. She returns to the tiny Maine island where she grew up. But, things have changed. The climate issues have made life much harder on this island. Mari is determined to try and correct what she can, even if it is a run in with one of her old friends. As......more

I was captivated by Kate Woodworth’s Little Great Island. She is a beautiful storyteller and has created a rich island environment, a setting that becomes an essential character. I was torn between wanting to slow down to savor the beautiful descriptions of the natural environment and all that was h......more