Longstone Books Somewhere More Simple

The Isles of Scilly - cut off from Cornwall by thirty miles of sea. At the whim of the Atlantic. A shifting kaleidoscope of colour and light.Cari returns as a young teacher to the islands that captured her imagination in childhood. Now they take her way beyond known waters. She becomes involved with two people who have their own reasons for returning - Anna, a painter in her fifties who has cut herself off from her mainland past, and Hugh, drawn to the islands by a taste for self-reliance but now adrift.When a young girl disappears on a school trip to the mainland, Cari, Anna and Hugh are drawn into the mystery and the unanswered questions of their own pasts become more urgent to resolve.This new novel by Marion Molteno is an exploration of coming to terms with love and belonging, set against the vividly evoked atmosphere of the islands. Autorid: Marion Molteno