That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It is gentle tale, beautifully told by an author new to me and I do love to discover a new voice. The story is about Jack Paton, his friendship with a kitten and a little girl along with the story of his parents, Sonny and Kathleen. Jack is a solitary soul but his wor......more

A gentle book; "little"stories which actually aren´t little. The writing reminded me of Niall Williams, but it lacks,except in certain parts,Williams´emotional force. New author for me, and I´ll be reading more of his, but I felt it lacked something.......more

Ik had niet gedacht dat country muziek en Schotse eilanden goed bij elkaar zouden passen, maar ik had ook niet gedacht dat het zoveelste boek over een sociaal ongemakkelijke man in een ruig landschap me aan het huilen ging maken......more

Beautiful, heartwarming and lyrical, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel! Set in Shetland the tale interweaves the lives of several generations of islanders from the course of 1957 to the present day. We meet Sonny, who prides himself on hard work and yet is caught up in the whaling business whi......more

The novel opens in the 1950s, with Sonny at sea on a whaling ship. When he just about survives a freak wave that could have easily taken his life, he vows to return to his homeland of Shetland and marry Kathleen, a woman he fell for before he left.  Then we move to present day Shetland, where Jack li......more