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The Lost Lights of St Kilda

By: Elisabeth Gifford
Narrated by: Fiona McNeill, Geoffrey Newland, Diane Brooks
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1927: when Fred Lawson takes a summer job on St Kilda, little does he realise that he has joined the last community to ever live on that beautiful, isolated island. Only three years later, St Kilda will be evacuated, the islanders near dead from starvation. But for Fred, that summer - and the island woman, Chrissie, whom he falls in love with - becomes the very thing that sustains him in the years ahead.

1940: Fred has been captured behind enemy lines in France and finds himself in a prisoner-of-war camp. Beaten and exhausted, his thoughts return to the island of his youth and the woman he loved and lost. When Fred makes his daring escape, prompting a desperate journey across occupied territory, he is sustained by one thought only: finding his way back to her.

The Lost Lights of St Kilda is a sweeping love story that crosses oceans and decades. It is a moving and deeply vivid portrait of two lovers, a desolate island and the extraordinary power of hope in the face of darkness.

©2020 Elisabeth Gifford (P)2020 W. F. Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction

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"Desperately romantic, lyrically written and with a fascinating plot.” (Katie Fforde)
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An enjoyable book of centered around the Second World War and a love story. I really enjoyed the accents of the narrators. St Kilda sounds like a fascinating place which is so vividly described in the book. A very enjoyable read.

A lovely story

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