Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize | 2023 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Based on a true story, the novel is set on Apple Island off the coast of Maine, where a community of mixed-race residents—descended from a freed Black man and an Irish woman—have lived for generations. In the early twentieth century, a government eugenics programme decides to 'resettle' the island's inhabitants. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023.
About the Author
Paul HardingAmerican
Paul Harding is an American novelist and musician born in 1967, who grew up on the North Shore of the Boston area in Wenham, Massachusetts. He holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Harding apprenticed under his grandfather who repaired clocks, an experience that found its way into his debut novel. Read more →
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