Laethanta Saoire summer reads: Who's There?, by Clara Kumagai 

The latest of our summer-themed reads is from the Japanese-Irish author who recently published her debut novel 

Clara Kumagai, author. Picture: Moya Nolan

I search the sea for whales but every time I think I see one it turns out to be a rock. A girl with a shaved head leans on the ferry railing and asks if I’ve been to the island before and I say no.

“I met some incredible people there,” she says.