A gritty novel of teenage addiction, from the author of }The House Of Spirits{. When 19 year old Maya falls into a life of drugs and crime in California, her Chilean grandmother sends her to a remote island off the southern coast of Chile. Here she lives among the rural people, the Chilote, who have remained isolated from the modern world. 'Another impressive feat,' }Daily Telegraph The author of ‘The House of the Spirits’ returns with a gritty yet transcendent tale of teenage addiction.
