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Sometimes an Island
- Author
- Ellen Meeropol
- Narrator
- P. J. Morgan, Darcey Rhoads
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 12 May 2026
- Run Time
- 6 hours 26 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
After Cossacks burn their home, ten-year-old Deborah and her father flee their shtetl to a remote island on Maine's Penobscot Bay, seeking refuge and a new beginning. More than a century later, their descendants are once again uprooted, this time driven by rising seas and a collapsing world. From coastal towns to higher ground, a new community emerges: off-grid, tightly knit, and forged from an unlikely alliance of island refugees, family from Brooklyn, friends from a fractured Massachusetts co-op, and others seeking sanctuary as the political landscape grows increasingly volatile.
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Details
- Author
- Ellen Meeropol
- Narrator
- P. J. Morgan, Darcey Rhoads
- Duration
- 6 hours 26 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9798318579882
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Environmental issues, Dystopian and utopian fiction
Synopsis
After Cossacks burn their home, ten-year-old Deborah and her father flee their shtetl to a remote island on Maine's Penobscot Bay, seeking refuge and a new beginning. More than a century later, their descendants are once again uprooted, this time driven by rising seas and a collapsing world. From coastal towns to higher ground, a new community emerges: off-grid, tightly knit, and forged from an unlikely alliance of island refugees, family from Brooklyn, friends from a fractured Massachusetts co-op, and others seeking sanctuary as the political landscape grows increasingly volatile.
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