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ADVANCE INFORMATION

The Reclamation

of Jarvis

Book 3 of the Lonely Island Series

Maggie Allder

KEY SELLING POINTS
The third book in The Lonely Island series about life on a remote (fictional) Scottish Island.
Explores themes such as climate change, the gap between the rich, the entitled and the poor.
The book will appeal to readers who enjoy reading about lively characters with human stories that we can all
relate to.

Marie and her family are safe inside their little home, but outside on the wild moor stands Jarvis,
watching their bothy. He is bare foot and unkempt. Why is he watching them and why is it that he is
so often close to places where there is trouble? Is Marie right to fear this strange man?
It is a troubling time for the inhabitants of the Lonely Island. Their taxes are high, the climate is changing,
survival is a struggle and now their limited resources are further depleted by theft. Who is stealing their food,
and who beat up the old man, Holti?
While the folk of the little village of Gamla Huss try to support themselves and the refugees who so recently
arrived among them, Marie and her family are determined to find out what is going on. They struggle with
worsening weather, with unfriendly wealthy islanders, and to track down both the thief and a mysterious
benefactor.

In the third book of the Lonely Island series, we meet many of the characters who first appeared in the earlier
stories. Once again, the reader encounters ancient customs, fascinating characters, human failings and, in the
end, the triumph of ordinary people.

Maggie Allder grew up in Cambridgeshire and studied in Winchester, Richmond (Virginia) and Reading, and
taught for 36 years. She is a Quaker and a volunteer for the non-profit 'Human Writes' which befriends prisoners
on American death rows through letter writing. She has previously written seven other novels. The Reclamation
of Jarvis is the third book in The Lonely Island series.

Comparative title: 9781803137346 Marigold's Tale (July 2023)

Publication Date: 28th April 2024 £9.99 ISBN: 9781805142980
Thema subject category: FJ – Adventure / action fiction
paperback 216 x 138 mm 264 pp Portrait Author location: Hampshire

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