![]() ![]() Desperate to save her marriage, Penelope turns to black magic, exposing her family to the island's sinister underbelly. Rupert, meanwhile, falls under the spell of a local beauty who won't stop until she gets what she wants. Her sun-kissed children run barefoot on the beach and become enraptured by the ancient magic, or grigri, in the tropical colonial outpost. But she never imagined the danger that awaited her family there. A book that both moved and surprised me until the very last word."-Mary Morris, author of Revenge In 1960, when her husband, Rupert, a British diplomat, is posted to the remote Seychelle Islands in the Indian Ocean, Penelope is less than thrilled. "Not since Lord of the Flies has a novelist written with such perceptiveness about the potential for harm that lurks within the innocence of childhood."-Paula Sharp, author of Crows over a Wheatfield "A wonderful novel and a true page-turner, a vivid story."-Joan Silber, author of The Size of the World "Reminiscent of Evelyn Waugh in its biting satire and Somerset Maugham. ![]()
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