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A Very Distant Shore
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Lorna lives on the tiny Scottish island of Mure, a peaceful place where everyone helps their neighbour. But the local GP is retiring, and nobody wants his job. Mure is too small and too remote.
Far away, in a crowded camp, Saif is treating a little boy with a badly-cut hand. Saif is a refugee, but he’s also a doctor: exactly what Mure needs.
Saif is welcome in Mure, but can he forget his past? Over one summer, Saif will find a place to call home, and Lorna’s life will change forever.
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The Isle of Mure
Mure is sadly a fictional place – Jenny writes in her author note that she wanted to capture the essence and feel of the amazing highland island such as Lewis, Bute, Harris, Orkney and Shetland, the latter which she thinks is one of the strangest and loveliest places in the UK as far as she is concerned.
She is from the South of Scotland herself and is therefore not an islander but is called “a lallander”, but she loves the highlands and the vast white beaches the ancient strange monuments; the flat treeless places as trees can’t really grow in strong winds. As for the long endless summer nights where it never really gets dark .
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Author/Guide: Jenny Colgan Destination: Scottish Highlands Departure Time: 2000s
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