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To what lengths will a person go in order to ensure that what is theirs will not be taken from them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Karen Jennings\u2019 An Island explores ideas that are as old as stories themselves\u2014about guilt and fear, friendship and rejection, the meaning of home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;A young refugee washes up unconscious on the beach of a small island inhabited by no one but Samuel, an old lighthouse keeper. Unsettled, Samuel is soon swept up in memories of his former life on the mainland: a life that saw his country suffer under colonisers, then fight for independence, only to fall under the rule of a cruel dictator; and he recalls his own part in its history. In this new man\u2019s presence he begins to consider, as he did in his youth, what is meant by land and to whom it should belong. To what lengths will a person go in order to ensure that what is theirs will not be taken from them? \\n\\nKaren Jennings\u2019 An Island explores ideas that are as old as stories themselves\u2014about guilt and fear, friendship and rejection, the meaning of home.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13185,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">A young refugee washes up unconscious on the beach of a small island inhabited by no one but Samuel, an old lighthouse keeper. Unsettled, Samuel is soon swept up in memories of his former life on the mainland: a life that saw his country suffer under colonisers, then fight for independence, only to fall under the rule of a cruel dictator; and he recalls his own part in its history. In this new man\u2019s presence he begins to consider, as he did in his youth, what is meant by land and to whom it should belong. 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