It's well-appointed, it's remote, it faces the sea, it's everything Cleo had hoped, except for one thing: It was double-booked. So off she goes to a remote island off the coast of Ireland to come to terms with singledom. (It's either that or a tattoo, apparently.)īut Cleo has to believe it, first. Most of "One Night on the Island" is narrated by Cleo Wilder, a singles columnist for a London magazine who chronicles her own dismal dating life for readers.Īs Cleo's 30th birthday approaches, her editor suggests that she take a long vacation and "marry herself" - that is, affirm that it is not a failure to be single, and that as "a vibrant, independent woman" she understands there are many ways to have a successful life. In Silver's hands, it's a place with mountains and rain, crashing ocean and tide pools, friendly strangers and a whiff of love. Josie Silver's third novel walks a romantic line between fantasy and reality, and that turns out to be a very satisfying place to dwell for 350 pages.
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