'What I've been waiting for: a moving, authentic novel of the Scottish islands in the twenty-first century'
AMY LIPTROT, Sunday Times Bestselling author of THE OUTRUN

'Utterly beguiling'
Sunday Times

'Life-affirming . . . [Tallack] is a careful and precise writer . . . Given that Mackay Brown and Crichton Smith were two of the best Scottish writers of fiction in the second half of the 20th century, a first novel that sits comfortably alongside their work is a considerable achievement'
Allan Massie, Scotsman

'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