I didn’t have much time in Waterstones bookstore when I was in Aberdeen in mid-June. I quickly picked up a book of Rumi’s poetry and a novel by Amy Sackville. It was the title that drew my attention. A dream island. Some day I’ll manage to get to Orkney and see puffins, Skara Brae and this wild sea reaching the clouds.
What a delicious read! Orkney is pure poetry mixed with mystery and fairy tale. Memories of recently watched Red Turtle and Sackville’s luscious prose intertwined.
It also reminded me of a post I wrote here a few years ago… https://poemsandstones.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/mermaid-stories/
The novel is not much of a plot, it’s rather a play on evoking nostalgia. We keep walking with the protagonist observing his young mermaid wife observing the sea…
Sea views all the way through. Unfulfilled desire.
Longing to come back home. Into the sea.
