The Priest's Wife, Isle Fincara Trilogy, Book 2 - Softcover

Rivett, A. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1739362314 ISBN 13: 9781739362317

Publisher: Pantolwen Press, 2023

Synopsis

Second Book of The Isle Fincara Trilogy

‘Who's your mother? Don't you know?’

When her husband, the priest, dies, Morag loses more than her life partner. With him gone, she rethinks her home and her place in the community. When her identity is also called into question, she sets out on a quest to find herself anew.

Meanwhile, the new priest brings with him a religion that seeks to sweep away the mix of
Celtic myth and Christian story that has sustained the islanders for many years.

In the conflict that unfolds, each is challenged to know themselves more deeply and, at last, to recognize the new roles that await them.

‘So, it's come, Antie.’
Morag looked at her sharply.
‘What?’
‘Yer time. Ye'll be needed, don't ye ken?’

A vividly imagined journey through an alternative Celtic reality, which skillfully combines an intriguing narrative with lyrical description and spiritual depth
—MAGGIE HAMAND, author of VIRGIN AND CHILD

Suspenseful and engaging. A thoroughly good read that challenges the assumptions that hold us back.
—ISABEL CLARKE, author of MADNESS, MYSTERY, AND THE SURVIVAL OF GOD

About this title

About the Author

A.G. Rivett was born in London. His first degree was in medicine and he edited the medical school Gazette. He practised in London and in a leprosy hospital in northern Nigeria. In 1987 he was ordained into the Church of England but later returned to medicine as a public health doctor in Hampshire, where his three daughters live. In 2006 he retired to northern Scotland where he encountered the ancient Celtic tradition of the Céile Dé or Culdee, a tradition that has left a lasting impression on his mind. In Scotland, he lived between the remote West Coast peninsula of Scoraig and the spiritual community of Findhorn, where he met his second wife, Gillian Paschkes-Bell, who encouraged him to start writing his first novel and became his editor. They now live in West Wales, where they have built an eco-house and cultivate a wildflower meadow.

A G Rivett's first publisher, Wordcatcher, was based in Cardiff. When they ceased trading, his wife Gillian started a small publishing house, Pantolwen Press. She submitted The Priest's Wife to the Books Council of Wales, who awarded a literary grant to assist publication, and supports Pantolwen Press in a variety of ways.

The Seaborne, first book of the Isle Fincara Trilogy, was first published in 2019. A new edition was brought out by Pantolwen Press in 2023, alongside The Priest's Wife. The final book in the Trilogy is in preparation.

A G Rivett has also written a collection of short stories, A Thin Place, as yet unpublished.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pantolwen Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1739362314
• ISBN 13: 9781739362317
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 346