Description
When a violent storm rips a Scottish home from the coast, a woman’s childhood encounter with a mythical floating island is left behind as a question mark—until decades later, the island reappears off Nova Scotia and a new generation finds it still inhabited. Now grown, Ellie Mills returns to the weatherworn farmhouse on the island’s highest hill, only to discover the man she once heard about has not aged, and the island’s return comes with rules she can’t yet name. As time, memory, and longing braid together, Ellie must decide what truth is worth—and whether love can survive when the world refuses to stay consistent. With atmospheric, lyrical storytelling and a modern folkloric sensibility, this haunting, time-spanning novel explores wonder versus certainty, the pull of the past, and the strange ways fate can feel like a promise.
Available Editions
paperback
Atria Books
Published Jul 7, 2026
ISBN: 9781668097731
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Details
First Published
2026
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw.