<p>Giulia is ten. She has never left the tiny island she lives on. She never wants to.<br><br><br>Her best friend on the island - besides her older sister - is a donkey. She ties ribbons around his head and thinks she will marry him when the time comes.<br><br><br>Her island is one filled with widows. Widows that are watched over by the Shipmaster and his many sons.<br><br><br>It is a place that feels stuck in time - verdant, plentiful, happy, peaceful.<br><br><br>Until the men arrive.<br><br><br>And the vines begin to fail.<br><br><br>And everything changes.</p>