Stormy petrel - Hardcover

STEWART, Mary

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ISBN 10: 0340556013 ISBN 13: 9780340556016

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991

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When Rose Fenemore sets out to meet her brother Crispin on the island of Moila off the west coast of Scotland, she looks forward to a quiet holiday in a natural paradise of seabirds and wild flowers. But things do not turn out so idyllically. Her brother's arrival is delayed, and the island's peace is shattered by the appearance one night of two men seeking shelter from a violent summer storm - men whose conflicting stories draw Rose into a web of menace and suspicion. Rose's discovery of the stormy petrels - the fragile, elusive birds who nest ashore but spend most of their lives flying close above the sea waves - comes to symbolize the confusion she feels about Ewen Mackay, the man known as the island's prodigal son, and about the man calling himself John Parsons, whose account of himself Rose has every reason to distrust. Moving through the arresting landscape of Scotland's fabled Western islands, The Stormy Petrel is an enthralling story of mystery and suspense, with a touch of romance and sheer good writing that is the hallmark of Mary Stewart's work.

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Rose Fenemore is taking a break from her Cambridge teaching post in an isolated cottage on the island of Moila. One evening, she is shocked to discover an attractive stranger, Ewen Mackay, in her kitchen, who claims to have grown up in the cottage. She is tempted to believe him, when another man seeks shelter from the storm. John Parsons also rouses Rose's skepticism...and more tender feelings as well. And as the truth about the two men unfolds, the stormy petrels, fragile elusive birds who fly close to the waves, come to symbolize Rose's confusion and the mystery of her future....

About the Author:

Lady Mary Stewart is one of our most successful novelists. Her first novel, MADAM WILL YOU TALK, was published in 1954 and marked the beginning of a long and acclaimed writing career. All her novels have been bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic.

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