This is one of those novels where the truth of the story is just dancing around our peripheral vision. It's beautifully written, and we are drawn in by the unusual setting and the unusual family in the centre of it.
On an island, isolated from the world, three sisters live within the stories the parent's weave to keep them safe from all evil and men in particular.
To say the stories and rituals are weird doesn't go far enough, but they are normalised within the context of the island, the family dynamics and the sisters' loyalty to each other.
It's best to suspend belief and just read the story, and enjoy it for it's own sake. Things make sense in the end.
Well worth reading.
