
Emma Donoghue revisits isolation and faith (with many birds) in new book 'Haven'
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The Trinity of the Monks
Dunnaho's book is based on a real island that he boated past several years ago. The men who settled on this island were fixed on their goal of getting away from the world and founding an absolutely pure monastic retreat. Dahnaho: I was once scolded by someone on a panel, look atf you research eighteenth century london, you should get like five books out of so imagining you going through natural history archives.
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