The Ginger Cat Bookshop Presents an Evening with Author Iain Kelly! Join us on Fri Jun 21 2024 at 7PM for this free event at the Ginger Cat Bookshop to celebrate Independent Bookshop Week. Iain will be discussing his writing journey and his fantastic books, The Barra Boy and All We Cannot Leave Behind . Get ready for an inspiring evening where you will get to ask Iain any questions you might have and he will sign copies of his books. Enjoy a free glass of prosecco on arrival.
Barra Boy
1982. Thirteen-year-old Ewan Fraser is sent to the remote island of Barra, off Scotland's west coast, to stay with his aunt and uncle. Resigned to a monotonous summer of boredom, he is befriended by local girl Laura Robertson; together they explore the golden beaches and rocky coves of the idyllic island. But a dark secret that connects Laura to the mysterious outcast Mhairi Matheson and her son, Billy, is hidden beneath the tranquil surface... A secret that threatens to tear the small community apart. Forty years later, Ewan returns to confront the truth about the formative summer of his adolescence, and finally learn the truth about Laura and the boy from Barra.
All We Cannot Leave Behind
Edinburgh, 1920. Three children are missing, abducted from the poorhouses of the city. When a body is found near the town of Liberton, Dr Thomas Stevenson, still suffering from the trauma of the First World War, finds himself drawn into the police investigation. But suspicion falls on the woman with the mysterious past who lives with Thomas. Could she be guilty of the brutal murder?With time running out and lives at stake, Thomas must prove her innocence, but to do that he has to find the real killer and unlock the truth about her secret past. A past that casts a long, dark shadow.
