Sarah Gudgeon

Au début des années soixante-dix sur la côte nord-ouest de l’Écosse, la communauté d'une petite ville célèbre à contrecœur le mariage de Bess, jeune fille naïve et pieuse, et de Jan, homme d'âge mûr qui travaille sur une plate-forme pétrolière. Leur bonheur va être brisé par un accident qui va paralyser Jan.

History student Prentice returns home to attend his grandmother’s funeral. As the McHoan family gathers together to mark the solemn occasion, old disagreements continue to fester and old acquaintances are renewed. Following the unexpected death of another close relative, Prentice begins to question the past: why did his Uncle Rory suddenly disappear and where did he go? Reading his Uncle Rory’s unpublished novel may provide the answers he is seeking but it also unearths some dark family secrets he didn’t bargain for.