April 21, 1923. The SS Metagama is inching out of Stornoway harbor, Scotland, bound for Canada. On board are young hopefuls Finlay and Mairead, who are leaving their families behind on an island scarred by loss after the Great War and the sinking of the Iolaire. Whatever lies in store for them across the ocean, this voyage will change their lives forever…
From the author of the prize-winning As the Women Lay Dreaming comes a poignant and deeply evocative novel of the 20th-century emigrant experience in the New World. With lyrical prose and masterful storytelling, Murray paints a vivid portrait of the resilient Hebrideans-in-exile who struggled between holding on and letting go.
Donald will be joined by friends who have performed with him on a musical and theatre tour around Scotland.
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