New York Timesbestselling author Jenny Colgan takes us to the gloriously windswept islands of northern Scotland, where we meet young Morag Mc Ginty, who runs the puddle-jumper flights that serve the islands tiny but proudly feisty population.Morag Mac Intyre is a Scottish lass from the remote islands that make up the northernmost reaches of the UK. Shes also a third-generation pilot, the heir apparent to an island plane service she runs with her grandfather.The islandsover 500 dots of windswept land that reach almost to Norwayrely on their one hardworking prop plane to deliver mail, packages, tourists, medicine, and the occasional sheep. As the keeper of this vital lifeline, Morag is used to landing on pale golden beaches and tiny grass airstrips, whether during great storms or on bright endless summer nights. Up in the blue sky, Morag feels at one with the elements.Down on the ground is a different matter, though.Her grandfather is considering and Morag wonders if she truly wants to spend the rest of her life in the islands. Her boyfriend Hayden, from flight school, wants Morag to move to Dubai with him, where theyll fly A380s and say goodbye to Scotlands dark winters.Morag is on the verge of making a huge life change when an unusually bumpy landing during a storm finds her marooned on Inchborn island. Inchborn is gloriously off-grid, home only to an ancient ruined abbey, a bird-watching station, and a population of one: Gregor, a visiting ornithologist from Glasgow who might have just the right perspective to help Morag pilot her course.
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