Product Description When the residents of St Kilda ask to be evacuated from their remote island home in the summer of 1930, itâs in search of a better life on the mainland rather than the scratch existence on their mountain in the sea.For 18-year old tomboy Effie Gillies, itâs a bittersweet departure. Sheâs the best young climber on the island, as skilled and brave as any of the men. But it is Effieâs expansive knowledge of local bird life that leads her to taking up a position as curator of Dumfries Houseâs ornithological collection - and back into the arms of Lord Dumfriesâ son and heir, Sholto.During her last summer on St Kilda, Effie had been Sholtoâs guide, and their attraction had seemed irresistible but, in the glamorous polite society of Ayrshire, it is clear they are worlds apart. When a body is discovered on the island, soon after the evacuation, a scandal erupts as she is implicated. Sholto knows sheâs keeping secrets â but are they even her own?The Last Summer is the first in an epic, sweeping historical series by Sunday Times bestseller Karen Swan, set in and around the Scottish island of St Kilda. About the Author Karen Swan is the Sunday Times top three bestselling author of twenty books and her novels sell all over the world. She writes two books each year â one for the summer period and one for the Christmas season. Previous winter titles include Christmas at Tiffanyâs, The Christmas Secret and The Christmas Lights, and for summer, The Rome Affair, The Greek Escape and The Spanish Promise.Her books are known for their evocative locations and Karen sees travel as vital research for each story. She loves to set deep, complicated love stories within twisty plots, sometimes telling two stories in the same book.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
- Small Town & Rural
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Macmillan UK
Author : Karen Swan
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2022-08-02
Number Of Pages : 475
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 1529084377
ISBN-13 : 9781529084375
Item weight : 1.32 lb
Dimensions : 1.54 in x 6.02 in x 9.13 in
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