A folklorist and week-end novelist, Mariana Grange, Ph.D., journeys to the Outer Hebrides to trace her greatgrandmother, discovers the Standing Stones of Callinish, and becomes enmeshed in mystery

In Brierbrae, Nova Scotia, while an attractive young woman works on the genealogy of a Scottish clan descended from the first Earl of Strathcorran, a series of near-fatal attacks are made against various male members of the clan

Although she realizes that some terrible problem is bothering her husband, Astrid Prince is sure their loving and stable marriage can weather any storm--until Graham announces he is running away with the babysitter

Fleeing from the stuffy adult world, Vicky finds a purpose and romance among the struggling people on Becky's Island

An eighteen-year-old girl's account of nine important years of growing up on the back road camp outside a small fishing village in Maine, from her first recognition and shame of their poverty, to the loss of her mother, the struggle to remain a family, and the hope shared with her twin brother to regain their old family home.An eighteen-year-old girl's account of growing up in a small fishing village in Maine, from her first recognition and shame of their poverty, to the loss of her mother, the struggle to remain a family, and the hope shared with her twin brother to regain their old family home