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    The realities of island life

    Jun 13, 2020 3 minutes

    Pabay: An Island Odyssey

    Christopher Whatley Birlinn, 2019 320 pages Hardback, £20.00 ISBN: 9781780275796

    Small islands can have a big influence. As places to visit, to escape to, or to own, they exert a powerful attraction. Island life certainly carries a romance, to which generations of writers and tourists have fallen prey. But island life can be hard, requiring courage, fortitude, and enormous amounts of effort and labour.

    Pabay, by Christopher

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