Beschrijving
In 1842, Mac McDonnell’s traditional way of life is challenged when Lord Gordon lays claim to their island home and threatens to replace farmers and fishermen with sheep. Mac leads a protest, but when evictions begin, Mac must decide what he is willing to risk — to protect his sweetheart, Deidre, his family, and his livelihood.
Against Mac’s wishes, his sister Moira goes to work at Westness. She falls in love and marries Dylan, an Irishman hired by Lord Gordon to help the fishermen retrofit their boats. As conditions worsen on Foulksay Island, Dylan, pushed by memories of cholera and famine, seeks work on the mainland, leaving Moira behind.
When a second protest at Westness turns violent and Mac is arrested, each of the McDonnells, without work and facing starvation, must now decide their future.
Standing Stones won an award for historical fiction from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association (2010). PNWA judges called Standing Stones ”. . . a very promising work, with appeal to a broad audience, peppered with a variety of characters the reader can identify with sympathetically or instantly distrust.\
