
Godwin's new novel is Grief Cottage.
One of the author's six favorite books with remote settings, as shared at The Week magazine:

The Water Is Wide by Pat ConroyRead about another entry on the list.
"The lushness of the island and the remarkable isolation of the school appealed to the do-gooder in me," Conroy explains in this 1972 memoir, about the year he spent as a young man teaching Gullah children on a South Carolina barrier island.
My Book, The Movie: Grief Cottage.
The Page 69 Test: Grief Cottage.
Writers Read: Gail Godwin.
--Marshal Zeringue