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Once There Were Wolves

Catherine — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 04:16:14 +0000

Fourteen wolves are being released into four different sections of the Scottish Highlands in an effort to balance an environment that is dying. For Inti Flynn it’s the project of her life. She’s a wolf biologist and knows these animals intimately. She also knows that they will not be welcomed by the area sheep farmers […]

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At the Water’s Edge

Catherine — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 08:57:34 +0000

Water for Elephants author Sara Gruen returns with another novel set in a location that is likely to draw readers in. At the Water’s Edge takes place in a tiny village in the Highlands of Scotland, near the shores of Loch Ness…and you can guess the rest. Madeline Hyde is there with her husband […]

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The Death of Bees

Catherine — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:51:27 +0000

There are times when what is needed is a story so utterly foreign that it plucks us out of our own world and drops us into one for which our background leaves us completely unprepared. I found this with Lisa O’Donnell’s debut novel The Death of Bees: A Novel. Set in Glasgow, it encompasses the […]

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