'Wonderful' - ELVIS COSTELLO

'A quiet marvel' - MARTIN MACINNES


'Entrancing, enthralling and enriching' - MICHAEL PEDERSEN

'A moving, authentic novel of the Scottish islands in the twenty-first century' - AMY LIPTROT

'Life-affirming . . . [Tallack] is a careful and precise writer' - ALLAN MASSIE

'Tallack's concern here is with the push and pull of larger forces - love, grief, guilt, need, the idea of home itself. They're potent themes that could, but rarely do, overshadow characters about which he writes with palpable tenderness . . . A sharp-eyed and evocative painter of place' - Daily Mail

'Lyrical . . . Wonderfully atmospheric and moving' - Sunday Express

'A desperately beautiful novel. Tallack writes with such tenderness for his characters and quiet awe for the patch of earth he places them upon' - SARA BAUME