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The Road Dance

Hebrides, Book 1

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The bond between a mother and her child is the strongest in the natural world. So, why would a young woman, dreaming of America, throw her newborn baby into the waves of the wild Atlantic ocean?

Life in the Scottish Hebrides can be harsh - 'The Edge of the World' some call it. For Kirsty MacLeod, the love of Murdo promises a new life away from the scrape of the land and the repression of the church.

But the Great War looms, and the villages hold a grand 'Road Dance' to send their young men off to battle. As the dancers swirl and sup, Kirsty is overpowered and raped by an unknown assailant. She hides her dark secret, fearful of what it will mean for her and the baby she is carrying. Only the embittered doctor, a man with a cold wife and a colder bed, suspects.

On a fateful day of surging seas and swelling pain, Kirsty learns that her love will never be back. Now, she must make her choice - and it is no choice at all. And the hunt for the baby's mother - and his killer - become one and the same.

©2002 John MacKay (P)2022 John MacKay 20th Century Fiction Historical Fiction Science Fiction World War I
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I loved the story and the writing, I just didn’t enjoy the narration so much.


The Road Dance

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A brilliant story and a gripping from beginning to end. A must read. Thank you!

Brilliantly written and narrated

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Watched the film, a great piece of work. Thought I would try the book and was not disappointed = film is very true to the book. Great to have the author narrate it too.

The book behind the film!

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Just listened to this without interruption until the end in one go!!! Skillfully raw and authentic … I could easily have been sitting comfortably at an island ceildh listening to a yarn told over a peat fire with the wind hurtling outside. Slainte!

Sgoinneil

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Powerfully and evocatively written dripping with deep and often hidden emotions and authentically narrated by the author himself

Brutal but excellent

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