Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy Days of Wonder the shimmer of Black hands

the shimmer of Black hands raised in praise

and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it

from a woman deciding whether to leave her husband for a younger lover

but the fact that she's got a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to touch her

he and his friends idealise the man at first

Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy Days of Wonder the shimmer of Black handsA family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A storm gathering force. Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny weather lashed island that is home to the world's largest seed bank. As Shearwater risks being lost to rising sea levels, the island's researchers have fled, and only the Salts remain. Until, during the worst storm in living memory, a stranger washes ashore. The family nurse the woman, Rowan,