IHSM BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 6:30-8:30 pm. 

Land by Maggie O’Farrell

Her latest novel published in June 2026, 400 pp. Land is a novel about separation and reunion, tragedy and recovery, colonization and rebellion. Set in 1865 on a windswept Irish peninsula following the Great Hunger, the story follows a taciturn father and his 10-year-old son working on the Ordnance Survey until a mysterious encounter shatters their routine, setting off a multi-generational tale of survival and connection to the land.