03094cam a2200433 i 4500 1165072099 TxAuBib 20230824120000.0 230705s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022042069 9780063320185 hardcover 0063320185 hardcover 9780063260429 paperback 0063260425 paperback (OCoLC)1389338884 NjBwBT eng rda IHE IHE OCO INO VP@ HRF RNL TXSCH UOK TxAuBib rda Colgan, Jenny, author. The summer skies : a novel / Jenny Colgan. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] ©2023. 334 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Running an island plane service with her grandfather on the remote islands of northern Scotland, Morag McGinty, on the verge of making a huge life change, is marooned on an off-grid island with a visiting ornithologist who has just the right perspective to help her pilot her course. "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"-- Back cover. 20230824. Women air pilots Fiction. Life change events Fiction. Aircraft accidents Fiction. Ornithologists Fiction. Islands Scotland Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Scotland Fiction. Romance fiction. TXKIP