On the Island

by Tracey Garvis Graves
Category: "Fiction - Adventure"
Pages:319
Year of Publication:2012
Date Added:07/10/2025
Date Read:09/14/2025
Notes:Anna, in her early 30's, is hired to tutor 16-year-old T.J. who is recovering from cancer. Flying over the Maldives on their way to meet T.J.'s parents, their plane crashes, and they are stranded on a small island. The spend three-and-a-half years together. After a year or so, they become lovers. They are somehow rescued after a tsunami and return home where everyone thought they were dead. They deal with the press and the issues people have with their age difference, but Anna thinks T.J. needs to experience life before he can decide to marry her. They part for part of a year. T.J. finishes high school and goes in to construction work. Anna gets a job teaching in a shelter. They get back together and marry and have kids.
My Rating: 5

Reviews for On the Island

Review - On the Island

The concept was fine, but the writing was juvenile, with bland descriptions with no life or passion. Many of the things that happen on the island were also ridiculous—for example, Anna's suitcase magically washed up on shore, and her shampoo, tampons, soap, Tylenol, etc. lasted the entire time they were on the island.

Reviewed by Roger on 2025-09-14 14:06:27

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