New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan takes us to the gloriously windswept islands of northern Scotland, where we meet young Morag McGinty, who runs the puddle-jumper flights that serve the islands’ tiny but proudly feisty population.
Morag MacIntyre is a Scottish lass from the remote islands that make up the northernmost reaches of the UK. She’s also a third-generation pilot, the heir apparent to an island plane service she runs with her grandfather. The islands—over 500 dots of windswept land that reach almost to Norway—rely on their one hardworking prop plane to deliver mail, packages, tourists, medicine, and the occasional sheep. As the keeper of this vital lifeline, Morag is used to landing on pale golden beaches and tiny grass airstrips, whether during great storms or on bright endless summer nights. Up in the blue sky, Morag feels at one with the elements.
Down on the ground is a different matter, though. Her grandfather is considering and Morag wonders if she truly wants to spend the rest of her life in the islands. Her boyfriend Hayden, from flight school, wants Morag to move to Dubai with him, where they’ll fly A380s and say goodbye to Scotland’s dark winters.
Morag is on the verge of making a huge life change when an unusually bumpy landing during a storm finds her marooned on Inchborn island. Inchborn is gloriously off-grid, home only to an ancient ruined abbey, a bird-watching station, and a population of one: Gregor, a visiting ornithologist from Glasgow who might have just the right perspective to help Morag pilot her course.
© 2023 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780063260436
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 11 juli 2023
New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan takes us to the gloriously windswept islands of northern Scotland, where we meet young Morag McGinty, who runs the puddle-jumper flights that serve the islands’ tiny but proudly feisty population.
Morag MacIntyre is a Scottish lass from the remote islands that make up the northernmost reaches of the UK. She’s also a third-generation pilot, the heir apparent to an island plane service she runs with her grandfather. The islands—over 500 dots of windswept land that reach almost to Norway—rely on their one hardworking prop plane to deliver mail, packages, tourists, medicine, and the occasional sheep. As the keeper of this vital lifeline, Morag is used to landing on pale golden beaches and tiny grass airstrips, whether during great storms or on bright endless summer nights. Up in the blue sky, Morag feels at one with the elements.
Down on the ground is a different matter, though. Her grandfather is considering and Morag wonders if she truly wants to spend the rest of her life in the islands. Her boyfriend Hayden, from flight school, wants Morag to move to Dubai with him, where they’ll fly A380s and say goodbye to Scotland’s dark winters.
Morag is on the verge of making a huge life change when an unusually bumpy landing during a storm finds her marooned on Inchborn island. Inchborn is gloriously off-grid, home only to an ancient ruined abbey, a bird-watching station, and a population of one: Gregor, a visiting ornithologist from Glasgow who might have just the right perspective to help Morag pilot her course.
© 2023 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780063260436
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 11 juli 2023
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Anne-Britt
5 dec. 2023
Bara bakgrundspladder för mig. Kanske en ungdomsbok?
Madeleine
14 aug. 2023
Mysig och lättlyssnad historia.
K
13 juli 2023
Lättläst feelgood av Jenny Colgan, perfekt semesterlyssning. Inga direkt djupa karaktärer eller invecklad handling, men mysig och hemtrevlig, man känner igen sig i Colgans värld. Som en cafégäst som deltar i händelserna på avstånd.
Elisabeth
19 juli 2023
Feel good-böcker kan vara bra. Det verkade lovande med en självständig och kunnig pilot som flyger familjeföretagets plan mellan skotska öar. Ljuvlig miljö. En intressant man. Men så uppstår en kris och plötsligt tappar hon allt vett, glömmer sina tekniska kunskaper och beter sig som ett själviskt våp. Inte trovärdigt. Klyschigt. Trist.Varför innebär många feelgood-böcker att kvinnorna ska reduceras från kompetenta till hopplösa? Vari ligger humorn? Någon annan som håller med om att det är något skumt med att vi förväntas ”feel good” av att läsa om fåniga kvinnor som till slut klarar sig pga slumpen eller en man?
E
28 juli 2023
En besvikelse. Jag brukar älska hennes böcker men här tyckte jag mer och mer illa om huvudpersonen och det blev ingen riktig romance.
C
23 jan. 2024
Fin berättelse
Linnea
24 aug. 2023
Småtrevlig och förutsägbar.
Viktor
21 juli 2023
Tråkig, ointressant, förutsägbar, gav upp efter ett par timmar. Hennes böcker blir bara sämre, tyvärr.
Åsa
1 okt. 2023
Nope, this was boring but I finished it, hoping for something that would change the senario. Her worst book, by far.
Malin
17 feb. 2024
Lite segt med all beskrivning om hur fantastiskt det är att flyga i början, men historien växte och det blev bättre!
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