The Island ChildBy: Molly Aitken LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 'Exquisite' Daily Telegraph 'A haunting tale' Irish Times Twenty years ago, Oona left the island of Inis for the very first time. A wind blasted rock of fishing boats and turf fires, where girls stayed in their homes until they became mothers themselves, the island was a gift for some, a prison for others. Oona was barely more than a girl, but promised herself she would leave the