Ask Not Why

The Corncrakes of Skye #1

by Lucy Montgomery

Kilbackie on the Isle of Skye weaves its way in the lives of Donny, Angus and Katherine with devastating results. The island exists deep within their souls, they have been hewn out of its volcanic rock and moulded by its wind and rain. Returning from WW1 Angus seeks answers to the many questions that fill his mind. He finds intellectual satisfaction in Sir Hugh Hollister's library at Shottenden Park where he works as a stockman. His family's subsistence living on Skye and unquestioning belief in God no longer appeals to him and he decides never to return. Donny, on the other hand, returns to Skye crippled and angry. He struggles to control his demons and becomes a fundamentalist minister bringing him in direct conflict with his daughter, Katherine and his friend Angus. Katherine and Angus' enlightened thinking causes a tragedy from which no-one recovers. Broken by faith and fate, their links with Kilbackie hang by a thread and their dreams for a better life lie in the hands of a young child.

Genres: Scotland

312 pages, Paperback

First published July 4, 2018

Reviews

[Fiona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book, hence up until 3am to finish it! Loved it and can’t wait for Ask not How!

[Anna F. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bought this book at the shop of Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye. It promised to be a story that tells about Skye and the people who live there so I was intrigued. I knew it was going to be about the First World War but this is where it starts. The story unfolds over 40 years and I could not put it down!