My Wounded Island Jacques Pasquet Marion Arbona Translated from the French by Sophie B Watson ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS
My name is Imarvaluk In my language Iñupiat it means the song of the waves It was my grandfather who named me when I was a baby Every time I cried it made him think of the sea I love my name but I no longer love the sea The sea scares me now The sea is bewitched by an evil creature
