Follow The Dove

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Fifteen year old Isa Muirison loves her life working for the floating shops of Orkney at the turn of the 20th century. But her happy family life is thrown into turmoil by her father's decision to emigrate to Canada her sister's illness & her own love for Davie a penniless whisky runner. Despite her family's opposition she follows Davie to his tiny island home where she is met by the fierce hostility of his mother & his childhood sweetheart Chrissie. Alone among strangers Isa's unrelenting determination gains acceptance & popularity in the close-knit community. But no one could have foreseen the tragedy that rips the heart out of that community & shatters Isa's security... Meanwhile Chrissie has found solace in the arms of Davie's violent brother Jack only to discover a darkness in his soul she could never have imagined. Events are set in motion over which the two women have no control... Will either of them ever find peace
- & in whose arms will Davie find solace? Set in the Northern isles of Scotland amid the treacherous waters of the Pentland Firth Follow the Dove shows how love can conquer all & how even in the most diverse of conditions a community can pull together to protect its own. It describes a way of life that is authentic but gone forever. Inspired by Catherine Cookson Jessica Stirling & Evelyn Hood the book will appeal to women interested in historical fiction. Follow the Dove won the second prize in the novel category of the Scottish Association of Writers.