Island - Alice Renton

Seven interconnected short stories, spanning a time from the 1950s to the present day, set on a fictional island off the west coast of Scotland. By turns humorous, poignant and revealing, the stories in Island subtly add up to a portrait of an isolated community in all its quirks, underlaid by a lyrical appreciation of the unique beauty of this Hebridean landscape. From the accomplished pen of Alice Renton (author of Victoria, Tyrant or Victim? A History of the Governess, Maiden Speech and Winter Butterfly).