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Life is hard in Ireland in 1867. Eliza Carthy moves with her lighthouse-keeper husband James and sons Peter and Joseph to the remote island of Skellig Michael. When assistant keeper Edmund and his wife Ruth arrive, Eliza hopes for respite. But her new neighbours are not what she'd expected.

Newlywed Lady Heath embarks on her most daring adventure yet: a solo biplane flight from Cape Town to London. Already a trailblazer – a world-record athlete, Britain's first woman to parachute from a plane and to earn a commercial pilot's license – she is determined to prove that women belong in aviation. Fiercely independent, Sophie charts her 10,000-mile route using pages from a road atlas, services her own aircraft...

An inspiring, outspoken speaker, author, podcaster and regular media commentator, Dr June O'Sullivan OBE is Chief Executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), one of London’s largest and most successful charitable social enterprises, operating 40+ award-winning nurseries in some of London’s most disadvantaged areas. Her monthly ‘real talk’ and no-holds-barred podcasts dive into the questions, topics and debates on all things Early Years, Parenting and Social Business – plus much, much more.