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Orkney - At the edge of darkness and light. By...
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Orkney - At the edge of darkness and light.
By Gabrielle Barnby.
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'I wasn't all in one piece last Autumn. My jaw was broken and my teeth were knocked loose like peppermints. Thy rested on my tongue in a liquid of iron and salt.'
Esther's dreams of a glamorous life in London are shattered when she has a serious accident which leaves her with life-changing injuries.
Living in her childhood home in Orkney, she retreats into a silent world until Marcus, a musician down on his luck, comes to stay on the island and reaches out to her through music.
Described in rich, subtle detail - town, land and sea - in sharply observed and lyrical excitement, Esther's inner voice - tough, desperate, cutting, hilariously sarcastic, witheringly dry, suddenly tender - explores what it means to have one's dreams shattered.
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