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A truly magnificent & memorable novel. I love historical fiction and Eleanor Limprecht has written an amazing story around characters that you will definitely grow to love. I had absolutely no idea of how leprosy was treated in the early 1900’s. I guess I understood that patients were kept in isolation as I had an aunt with tuberculosis who was forced to leave her five children and live in a sanitarium until she was cured four years later. But these patients were brutally wrenched away from their families and had to endure appalling indignities as they were transported to the Coast hospital. Jack or Guy as he is later known is a young boy living a happy life in Angledool on Yuwaalaraay country. Chapters 1& 4 which describe Jack’s abduction and life in the Home were heartbreaking. If you belong to a book club, just ensure that your group reads this beautiful novel written in the most exquisite prose. The story will haunt your dreams.