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Travel to Kip as soon as you can!
I was so happy to get a copy of this book to review, having loved The Lido (haven’t got to The 24-hour Cafe yet - it’s now on my list!), I knew I’d love it... READ MORE
Such a joy to read!
The Island Home is a fresh, wonderful slice of sunshine on a dreary day. It’s a glorious escape from the real world and I loved every flipping second of re... READ MORE
I want to climb into this book and live in it!
Oh, this was such a wholesome read. 'The Island Home' has a lovely cast of characters to care for and a wonderfully dreamy setting.
The only reason my rev... READ MORE
Synopsis
'A perfect, warm escape from these cold, dark times' Kate Eberlen
'Bursting with hope and heart' Cathy Bramley
'Wonderfully engaging . . . beautifully drawn' Mike Gayle
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Lorna's world is small but safe.
She loves her daughter and the two of them are all that matter. But after nearly twenty years, she and Ella are suddenly leaving London for the Isle of Kip, the tiny remote Scottish island where Lorna grew up.
Alice's world is tiny but full.
She loves the community on Kip and how her yoga classes draw women across the tiny island together. Now Lorna's arrival might help their family finally mend itself - even if forgiveness means returning to the past...
And as the two women find friendship, Lorna also starts to find her place in the world.
Can coming home mean starting again?
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Join the community of readers who love Libby's bright, moving storytelling:
'A wonderfully evocative and enveloping novel ... a perfect, warm escape from these cold, dark times' Kate Eberlen, author of Miss you and Only You
'Tender, heartfelt ... The Island Homeexplores every aspect of love and shows us it's never too late to fix what's broken.' Lindsey Kelk, author of In Case You Missed It
'Radiates warmth, happiness and hope' Veronica Henry
Publisher information
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- ISBN: 9781409188285
- Number of pages: 480
- Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 36 mm
- Weight: 333g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allA charming tale of love and friendship
Set on the beautiful, remote Scottish island Kip, this book tells the story of sister and brother Lorna and Jack who have been estranged for many years sin... READ MORE
Gentle & Heart Warming
Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy.
I knew I would be able to settle down for a relaxing afternoon with this book, I have previously lo... READ MORE
Summer Fun
Another wonderful book from Libby Page. The storyline follows Lorna a single Mum who fled a tiny island in Scotland for London to escape her parents but l... READ MORE
A lovely gentle read
The ideal book to read if you want complicated relationships, beautiful scenery and interesting people to get to know along the way. Life on a small Scotti... READ MORE
A thought-provoking, touching and emotional read
A sad but also heart-warming story about a brother and sister who are reunited after decades apart.
Twenty-two years ago, after a difficult childhood, Lo... READ MORE
Heartwarming and enjoyable
This was a heart warming story. It follows Lorna, who is returning to her childhood home on a small Scottish island. Having left the island in her teens, L... READ MORE
Hear-warming escapism
This is the third book written by Libby Page, her previous novels, The Lido and The 24-Hour Café are favourites of mine, so when I received this as an eARC... READ MORE
Home is where the heart is
Two teenagers connect over social media in their quest to find unknown relations and bring a divided family together after the loss of their grandparents. ... READ MORE
Good read!
I really enjoy Libby Pages writing. The Lido is one of my favourite books. The Island Home is well written but for me lacks something her previous books ha... READ MORE
An enjoyable read
I really enjoyed this book - especially its accurate portrayal of life on an island. The story revolves around the small Scottish island of Kip and the clo... READ MORE
very good!
I've just finished reading The Island Home and I've already bought other 2 of Libby Page's books. That's how much I liked it.
Winning point of this book ar... READ MORE
An easy enjoyable read
I really enjoyed The Lido and its themes of friendship and community, and was looking forward to reading The Island Home. It did not disappoint.Again the t... READ MORE
A 'feel-good' novel that also tugs at your heart strings. Highly recommended!
I had great memories of reading Libby Page's previous novel "The Lido" so was really looking forward to "The Island Home".
One of my all-time favourite se... READ MORE
Joyous
The Island Home is such a heart warming and gorgeously written book.
Lorna and her daughter Ella have always been a team of two, them against the world. L... READ MORE
Wonderful
A lovely easy read that will leave you wanting to live on the Island of Kip with the islanders!
So well written and beautifully descriptive I could imagine... READ MORE
A light enjoyable easy read
I absolutely loved this book from start to finish.
A light, easy read that I couldn’t put down. I loved the characters in the story and I felt they were p... READ MORE
Thoughtful
A lovely book. From the first word the book flowed seamlessly between Lorna and Alice, interweaving the story beautifully. When Lorna returned to the isl... READ MORE
ARC
Lorna's world is small but safe. She loves her daughter, and the two of them is all that matters. But after nearly twenty years, she and Ella are suddenly ... READ MORE
5* is just not enough!
I cannot rate this book highly enough! What a superb read, from start to finish. Rarely am I so emotionally engaged with a text, but in this case, I foun... READ MORE
Just a really lovely book.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Island Home. A heartwarming story of family and home.
The setting on the Isle of Kip, an island off the coast of Scotland, was g... READ MORE
A light, easy read ...
I enjoyed this book more than I expected to. The author described the island setting well; I could picture it easily in my head. The contrast between the l... READ MORE
Loved it
Easy to read. Uplifting and heartwarming. Throughly enjoyed this book.
A beautiful book.
Having read The Lido and thoroughly enjoyed it. I hadn't realised that the author had a new book out. Looking for a good read for our own journey to an isl... READ MORE
No better place to escape - gorgeous read!
I loved The Lido for its gentle and uplifting story and I loved The Island Home for the same reasons.
This is the story of Lorna, a single Mum of Ella, liv... READ MORE
An easy read
I enjoyed The Island Home and found it an easy read. Lorna has left her childhood island never to return until she finds that her teenage daughter has been... READ MORE
Descriptive and Evocative
I really enjoyed this book, which is the second book I’ve read by this author, who is very good at writing about people’s feelings, relationships and emoti... READ MORE
Heartening, powerful, beautiful
This is a wonderful book, set on the remote but beautiful island of Lip. It is based on the lives of two women, Lorna, an island girl who escaped to the bi... READ MORE
The perfect escape
The Island home by Libby Page ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Part of the TBC readalong
A tale of friendship, family and love set in the Scottish Isles. I really enjoyed this bo... READ MORE
Getaway read.
Read this on Kindle...... The Island Home.
Absolutely loved this book. Had everything I want in a book. Family drama and secrets, friendships, romance, c... READ MORE
Fabulous!
I read The Lido last year with @bethsbookclub and absolutely adored the characters and storyline so I went into this read with high expectations. Libby Pa... READ MORE
Magnificent
What a truly beautiful read this was - thoughtful, perceptive, heartfelt and heartwarming. Told from the viewpoints of two strong and caring women, in some... READ MORE
Beautiful Story...
A very enjoyable book. This is the first book I have read by Libby and it won't be the last.
It is a lovely book about an amazing community, friendshi... READ MORE
The island home
I really enjoyed this book and it was fully deserving of the 5 stars I have awarded it.
Admittedly I thought that it was just going to be your average chi... READ MORE
a pleasant read
When Lorna left the island as a teen she never thought that fate would draw her back. As a teen she despised the life she had but can a rekindled relations... READ MORE
A beautiful and delightful read......
I loved this book for so many reasons. The locations, the wonderful relatable characters but probably most of all the humanity and kindness that flows out ... READ MORE
Lovely, heartwarming book!
The Island Home by Libby Page is a very interesting book. It juxtaposes the lives of two women, both mothers who live far from their siblings. Lorna was bo... READ MORE
Just what I needed
A lovely book for our troubled times, I adored this novel about two women finding friendship on a remote Scottish island.
Having previously enjoyed The 24-... READ MORE
The perfect summer read!
I finished this fantastic book last night but I am still thinking about 'The Island' and Alice and Lorna today.
In the story Lorna (and her daughter Ell... READ MORE
An enjoyable read with a satisfying ending
This is an emotional and uplifting story which really resonated with me as a born and raised islander with a dodgy relationship with my younger brother. I ... READ MORE
Contrived and predictable
CW: Domestic abuse, child abuse/neglect, miscarriage, cancer, runaways
The Island Home is the first of Libby Page’s books that I have read, and while it ... READ MORE
Wonderfully uplifting fiction!
I just adored this book! It had me from the second page where it mentioned that our main characters were waiting on a train to Fort William - I have a lot ... READ MORE
A gorgeous story of home and what it means
When I heard that Libby Page's new book was set on a remote Scottish island I was so excited. Having enjoyed her previous novels I was keen to get stuck in... READ MORE
Good read
Having loved The Lido and enjoyed the 24h Cafe, I was looking forward to reading this one.
It is a story about family and sense of community, belonging an... READ MORE
You can get over the past
After 20 years Lorna is returning to Kip with her daughter. Can she heal the rift with her brother? The past slowly unfolds in the story. All the pain and ... READ MORE
A good tonic
I read this book courtesy of NetGalley. A resounding 5 stars which I just wanted to carry on reading to know what happens next!. A very enjoyable light r... READ MORE
Predictable and Average Read
Can you go home again? Can you forgive family for the hurt and pain they put you through? This is the Island Home by Libby Page.
The book starts out slo... READ MORE
Warm, evocative and hopeful
Lorna left the Scottish island of Kip over 20 years ago, severing ties with her family. Now, she is returning to the island with her daughter and about to ... READ MORE
Compelling and heartwarming
I loved this book. It was a heartwarming, compelling story about a family rift and the impact it had on everyone.
Lorna left the small island she grew up ... READ MORE
I wanted to love it
Confession: I only read half of this book (the first 20% and last 30%). I skipped the entire middle section of this book because I found it so slow-going a... READ MORE
Loved it!
I loved both of Libby’s previous novels, The Lido and The 24 hour cafe, and was hoping for another great read. I have not been disappointed. This title h... READ MORE
Terrifically Good!
I loved Libby Page's "The Lido" so I was delighted for the opportunity to read The Island Home.
Set in the Hebrides, the fictional island of Kip in this n... READ MORE
Fve stars
I have read all the books by Libby Page, and “The Island Home” is easily my favourite. Written from the perspectives of two very different women, the book ... READ MORE
Slow Burn
I previously read The Lido & feel similarly as I did when I read that… this was too slow paced for me personally & took me a while to get through.
Lorna ... READ MORE
Lovely
A lovely, feelgood story set on a remote but beautiful Scottish island. An easy read, and good escapism for an afternoon of armchair travel.
I feel the cliches but I still love it
Lorna escaped her restrictive life on a small Scottish island over twenty years ago and built a life for herself in London. Lorna is pulled back to the is... READ MORE
Twee and easy
Marginally better than the 24 Hour cafe but not as good as The Lido, I still found this 3rd book of Libby Page’s dragging on, as I anticipated the point wh... READ MORE
hmm ok
Being a huge fan of The Lido, and enjoyed 24 hour café, I was excited to read this one,
Sadly, I didn't love this as much as her previous two. Definitely g... READ MORE
Wholesome and heartbreaking
Thank you to @netgalley and @orionbooks for the ARC of The Island Home in return for an honest review.
This book was wholesome and heartbreaking in equal... READ MORE
Beautiful read
The island home
A beautiful story filled with love and heartache. The Island Home is a story split between two main characters, Lorna and Alice. Lorna liv... READ MORE
A Very Enjoyable, Thoughtful Read
I found this a warm, thoughtful and engaging read with heartwarming characters and a beautiful, healing storyline.
I thought the author, Libby Page, excel... READ MORE
A feel good read
I really enjoyed this - its an uplifting read told from the point of view of two women. Lorna who left the Island of Kip as a teenager and Alice who is mar... READ MORE
A warm entrancing story from beginning to end.
From the first chapter of The Island Home. I felt as if I was walking alongside Lorna and her young daughter. This was a beautifully written,wonderfully e... READ MORE
Story about family with a great setting
Lorna is on her way back to the Scottish island of Kip for her parent’s funeral. She left the island 22 years ago and hasn’t been back since, nor has she s... READ MORE
Enjoyable Summer read
Lorna left her island home twenty two years ago. She lives in London with Ella, her teenage daughter & has always kept herself to herself. When she finds t... READ MORE
Family Love
This is the first book Iv read by Libby Page and I very much enjoyed it. I loved the description of Island life and getting to know the story of Lorna and ... READ MORE
Wow what amazing book
his Book Tells the Story of Lorna who lives in London and has a Teenager daughter Called Ella, its’ just the two of them against the world one day Lorna ge... READ MORE
Highly Recommend
This book was amazing, a beautiful heartwarming read.
It was written from two perspectives, Lorna and her sister in law Alice.
Set on the fictional island ... READ MORE
Heartwarming and beautifully written!
4.5 stars
The Island Home is a beautifully written and heartwarming story about two siblings who, after years of estrangement and hundreds of miles betwe... READ MORE
Lovely escapist reading
Two nervous siblings, one on the island and one in London. Lorna is anxiously awaiting the sleeper train to take her and daughter Ella from Euston to Fort ... READ MORE
Not recommended
Marginally better than the 24 Hour cafe but not as good as The Lido, I still found this 3rd book of Libby Page’s dragging on, as I anticipated the point wh... READ MORE
I thoroughly enjoyed it
I thoroughly enjoyed this fun packed adventure about the Isle of Kip which is on a small remote Scottish Island. You can just imagine how close knit the is... READ MORE
A beautiful and moving story with characters I deeply cared about and was invested in right from the outset.
The Island Home is such a beautiful and moving story with characters I deeply cared about and was invested in right from the outset.
The story is told th... READ MORE
Pleasant and easy read
A lovely easy read which ambled along nicely. There were no great surprises but that’s ok as sometimes you just want an easy read that doesn’t take any mor... READ MORE
Wonderful warm hug of a book
4.5 stars
What a huge warm hug of a book! It made me feel like I was snuggled up in a big, chunky knit, red, woollen jumper; just like the one our protago... READ MORE
A delightful read.
THE ISLAND HOME
A thoroughly enjoyable read. This novel is a clever mixture of romance and family life, community and friendship with remarkable descript... READ MORE
The Island Home
⭐️3.5⭐️
A heart-warming read, certain to bring a smile to your face (and a tear to your eye).
The story is narrated over alternating chapters by likeable... READ MORE
Community spirit on a Scottish island
Love everything about this book, from the scenic setting to the comradeship of the island's residents. Lorna, a teacher, reluctantly returns to the island ... READ MORE
A heartfelt, uplifting novel that equally doesn't shy away from difficult topics
WARNING: This review contains spoilers; please read on only if comfortable with this.
The Island Home is a heartfelt, uplifting novel that sees two estran... READ MORE
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