02909cam a2200421 i 4500 947952886 TxAuBib 20230825120000.0 220902s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022042069 9780063260429 paperback 0063260425 paperback TxAuBib rda Colgan, Jenny, author. The summer skies [Print] : a novel / Jenny Colgan. First Edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, [2023] 352 pages ; 0.83" H x 8.02" L x 5.34" W (0.56 lbs.) txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan takes us to the gloriously windswept islands of northern Scotland, where we meet young Morag McGinty, who runs the puddle-jumper flights that serve the islands' tiny but proudly feisty population. Morag MacIntyre is a Scottish lass from the remote islands that make up the northernmost reaches of the UK. She's also a third-generation pilot, the heir apparent to an island plane service she runs with her grandfather. The islands--over 500 dots of windswept land that reach almost to Norway--rely on their one hardworking prop plane to deliver mail, packages, tourists, medicine, and the occasional sheep. As the keeper of this vital lifeline, Morag is used to landing on pale golden beaches and tiny grass airstrips, whether during great storms or on bright endless summer nights. Up in the blue sky, Morag feels at one with the elements. Down on the ground is a different matter, though. Her grandfather is considering and Morag wonders if she truly wants to spend the rest of her life in the islands. Her boyfriend Hayden, from flight school, wants Morag to move to Dubai with him, where they'll fly A380s and say goodbye to Scotland's dark winters. Morag is on the verge of making a huge life change when an unusually bumpy landing during a storm finds her marooned on Inchborn island. Inchborn is gloriously off-grid, home only to an ancient ruined abbey, a bird-watching station, and a population of one: Gregor, a visiting ornithologist from Glasgow who might have just the right perspective to help Morag pilot her course. Provided by publisher. 20230825. Aircraft accidents Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Islands Scotland Fiction. Islands Fiction. Life change events Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Ornithologists Fiction. Women Fiction. Women air pilots Fiction. Scotland Fiction. Novels. Domestic fiction. Romance fiction. TXTLL