Book Summary:
\nDominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater\, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world&rsquo\;s largest seed bank\, Shearwater was once full of researchers\, but with sea levels rising\, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until\, during the worst storm the island has ever seen\, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.
\nIsolation has taken its toll on the Salts\, but as they nurse the woman\, Rowan\, back to strengt h\, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan\, long accustomed to protecting herself\, starts imagining a future where she cou ld belong to someone again.
\nBut Rowan isn&rsquo\;t telling the who le truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabo taged radios and a freshly dug grave\, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force\, they all must dec ide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in t heir care before it&rsquo\;s too late &mdash\; and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new together.\n
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