![]() ![]() Mairi's dreams of a marriage between Isobel and the young Gaelic scholar Ros McBride are thrwarted when Ros chooses Jean instead, and her mother's decision to emigrate to Canada brings an abrupt, hopefully temporary, separation from her beloved Glen Gaoth. ![]() Isobel introduces Mairi to the world of books and photography - and to the mainland itself in a brief summer visit - and fills the void created by the death of old greatgrandmother and sister Jean's departure to work in Glasgow. Island in a Green Sea by Mabel Esther Allan (Paperback, 1977). Destination, rates & speeds.ĪUTHOR: Mabel Esther Allan. To begin: Mairi's family is being split up as her elder siblings depart to find ways of earning money: her brothers to Canada, and her sister into service.īy Mabel Esther Allan. Start by marking An Island In A Green Sea as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ![]() The writing was very pretty and the characters were likable, but the setting is the true star of this novel. This book was a delightful and uncomplicated look at 1920s life in the outer Hebrides. Start by marking An Island In A Green Sea as Want to Read . ![]()
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