'A rich and deeply thoughtful book' The Times 'This a cry from the heart for Ireland: a powerful novel about guilt and absolution' Independent on Sunday 'A powerful, beautifully crafted book. Stone Kingdoms will add to Park's reputation as a magnificent writer' Belfast Telegraph _______________ Haunted by the Troubles in Northern Ireland and trapped in a land between the mountains and the sea, Naomi dreams of another life far from the rainy shores of Donegal. When she moves from the rain swept shores of Ireland to work in a refugee camp in the burning heat of Africa, Naomi exchanges the city streets of Belfast for the arid desert. Though she leaves behind the land where she was born, escaping her past is not so easy.