Marion Molteno

Another novel set in Scilly, this one a fairly routine story of relationships, with a married teacher who visited Scilly as a girl getting a job in the school and forming a relationship with an island man. The story concerns the relationships not only between these two but also between each of them and various other islanders and the secrets most of them hold. It's not something that would normally hold my interest, but the background on St Mary's and St Martin's brought it to life for me, though the regular switching between different years in the lives of the characters was sometimes a bit confusing.… (plus d'informations)