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With the same atmosphere and imagination of The Book of Hidden Wonders, Polly Crosby's new novel, The Women of Pearl Island is set on a lush, secluded island where family secrets bring together an unlikely friendship.On a secluded island off the British coast, an elderly woman named Marianne collects butterflies and memories from her past. No longer able to catch butterflies herself, she enlists the help of a young woman named Tartelin who has peculiar birthmark on her cheek. Tartelin's mother has recently passed, leaving her unmoored and eager for new beginnings on the island.Marianne has spent most of her life on the island, her family having owned it for generations. She begins to tell her young assistant her family's story - from the prosperous days when they harvested pearls and held banquets, to the harder times and her father's desperate money-making schemes.