SHORTLISTED FOR THE RNA HISTORICAL ROMANCE AWARD 2021LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 2020'Desperately romantic,lyrically written and with a fascinating plot'Katie FfordeChrissie Gillies comes from the last ever community to live on the beautiful,isolated Scottish island of St Kilda. Evacuated in 1930,she will never forget her life there,nor the man she loved and lost who visited one fateful summer a few years before. Fred Lawson has been captured,beaten and imprisoned in Nazi-controlled France. Making a desperate escape across occupied territory,one thought sustains him: find Chrissie,the woman he should never have left behind on that desolate,glorious isle. The Lost Lights of St Kilda is a sweeping love story that crosses oceans and decades,and a testament to the extraordinary power of hope in the darkest of times.'A gorgeous,melancholy love story.'The Times'An undeniably haunting love story.'Sunday Times
Publisher: Atlantic BooksISBN: 9781786499059Number of pages: 288Weight: 255 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 20 mmEdition: Main
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