The Island at the End of the World

On a tiny Breton island, nothing had changed for more than a hundred years.

Generation after generation, the poor village of Le Salan and the prosperous town of Laussinière waged a struggle for the only beach on the island. But now—everything will change.

After a decade away, Mado returns to her native island and discovers that her family’s ancient home is under threat—by tidal waves and the schemes of a local tycoon. Worse still, the whole village has lost will and hope for a better future.

But Mado—who has spun around in the whirlwind of Paris—is ready to move mountains. With support—and gradually, more than support—from a stranger who somehow ends up on the island, named Flynn, she tries to rally the locals for feats. Yet her first successes have unexpected consequences: long-buried tragedies resurface from the distant past, and among them is a secret that has tormented Mado’s father for many decades…