Böcker av Margaret Elphinstone

'Forget Richard Branson, the audacious female traveller Gudrid of Iceland is the original explorer's explorer ... Elphinstone has written a fine tribute to a woman whose tale is as warm and inviting as a hot spring on a clear winter day.' The Times

In a fractured dystopic future, the child Rue finds solace in the garden of a mysterious community. Rue has lost identity, family, home and people to war. Adulthood requires a courageous journey through a landscape of despair, yet ultimately Rue finds hope of regeneration from unexpected sources.

A compelling family drama of love and loss, set deep in our stone age past

'Ingenious, gripping, thoughtful' Boyd Tonkin, Independent

Elphinstone takes the reader back in time and intertwines this story with enduring themes of love, war and family ties . . .