I really love this wonderful piece you have written Em. Your description of Shona Island ( Eilean Shona) is so vivid and you capture so many aspects of it so well, the landscape, the creatures who inhabit it and the visitor Alex ‘s experience with the land and the water I love the Hebrides, inner and Outer and I have still a few to visit Shona will now be a priority. I have written a small amount about the isles including my Danger piece which takes place in one of them
I love how you call it Neverland referring to its association with PeterPan but also to its otherworldliness and its magical quality. Your language is sublime and dappled with such lovely little words which are exquisite You are gifted linguistically but you never over egg the omelette . It’s as if you have two Clydesdale horses in your brain pulling you back just enough to keep the prose so elegant and simple. The language is so fluid like the water at the centre of your stories.
Alex you bring so vividly into the page and I feel like I’m in that bay watching this woman at one with nature and trying and succeeding in not worrying about the lack of ferries should she need one in between Wednesdays.!
I am quite hard to please finding literature that soothes my soul and spirit So many full of cliches and stuff that’s not appealing to me. Your book I look so forward to reading as everything so far I have loved. It’s also very informative and has a practical down to earth approach which I love. I also like how you complete the circle at the end and also in a place that feeds my imagination from my childhood love of Famous Five adventures. Kirn Island is in Dorset and one day I will go there too. Great read Em. Loved it
So today I have learnt that 'Eilean' means Island!! Thank you Margaret for your wonderful words. Ever since Alex described it to me I have had a yearning to visit this island. Your words mean so much to me, and I will now forever have those Clydesdale horses in my mind as I write, knowing when to run free, and when to hold back. You are special indeed my friend ❤️
I really love this wonderful piece you have written Em. Your description of Shona Island ( Eilean Shona) is so vivid and you capture so many aspects of it so well, the landscape, the creatures who inhabit it and the visitor Alex ‘s experience with the land and the water I love the Hebrides, inner and Outer and I have still a few to visit Shona will now be a priority. I have written a small amount about the isles including my Danger piece which takes place in one of them
I love how you call it Neverland referring to its association with PeterPan but also to its otherworldliness and its magical quality. Your language is sublime and dappled with such lovely little words which are exquisite You are gifted linguistically but you never over egg the omelette . It’s as if you have two Clydesdale horses in your brain pulling you back just enough to keep the prose so elegant and simple. The language is so fluid like the water at the centre of your stories.
Alex you bring so vividly into the page and I feel like I’m in that bay watching this woman at one with nature and trying and succeeding in not worrying about the lack of ferries should she need one in between Wednesdays.!
I am quite hard to please finding literature that soothes my soul and spirit So many full of cliches and stuff that’s not appealing to me. Your book I look so forward to reading as everything so far I have loved. It’s also very informative and has a practical down to earth approach which I love. I also like how you complete the circle at the end and also in a place that feeds my imagination from my childhood love of Famous Five adventures. Kirn Island is in Dorset and one day I will go there too. Great read Em. Loved it
So today I have learnt that 'Eilean' means Island!! Thank you Margaret for your wonderful words. Ever since Alex described it to me I have had a yearning to visit this island. Your words mean so much to me, and I will now forever have those Clydesdale horses in my mind as I write, knowing when to run free, and when to hold back. You are special indeed my friend ❤️
Amazing 💝 can’t wait to preorder the book🤓
Wow! Truly awesome! Love as always Emma xxx😘🤗