Middle aged married university academic Margaret Jenkins is helping her close friend Methodist minister Brian to write and produce a play about the life of St Columba. He organises a trip to Iona (referred to as Hy in the book) for the youth group at their church, who are going to perform the play. He invites Margaret to accompany them. While on Hy they both realise that they are strongly attracted to one another but Margaret manages to resist the temptation to take the relationship any further. The rest of the book is about her emotional turmoil and the repercussions as their respective spouses become aware of their feelings for one another. Initially I found Margaret rather irritating but as I read on I began to admire her for not giving in to temptation. 7/10
Islands covered - Iona
Celtic Cross near Iona Abbey
West coast of Iona
St Columba's Bay, south coast of Iona
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