By Nicole Dickson

This enthusiastic read is the story of Rebecca Moray’s journey to a small island in Ireland where she plans to demeanour research for a book on knitting.

Rebecca and her young daughter, Rowan, are immediately embraced by the island folk and, much to Rebecca’s floor and dismay, are folded neatly into island society as if they have always been there.

Rebecca’s troubled past makes confident the people on the island difficult, but she knows without a doubt that Sean Morahan—an old fisherman with a dark dead and buried of his own—is not to be trusted. In his eyes, she sees the darkness that has haunted her for more than six years.

When Rowan begins a friendship with Sean and refuses to accept when Rebecca forbids her from talking to him, Rebecca and Sean must begin the journey to face the demons in their past in class to do what’s best for Rowan.

Intertwined with Rebecca’s and Sean’s stories are delightful characters full of over become less antagonistic charm and humor, a sweet love interest, and knitting. Lots and lots of knitting.

It was the knitting (coupled with a friend’s recommendation) that convinced me to look over Casting Off. Each fisherman on the island has a sweater knitted in his own, unique pattern and each pattern tells the story of his times gone by and the hope for his future. It’s these sweaters that Rebecca wants to study for her book.

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