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Wild Highland Home (Paperback)

by Alexandra Raife (Author)
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  • Paperback: 396 pages
  • Publisher: G P Putnam's Sons (26 Mar 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0451194691
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451194695
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 122,277 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When Clare Sommerville gives up the London rat race to buy a rustic, isolated cottage in the Scottish Highlands, she finds herself drawn to Donald Macrae, a man of quiet strength who is fighting inner conflicts of his own. Original.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I could actually feel the mist from the Loch!, 20 May 1998
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I totally enjoyed this book. The characters were real, and good to read about, the setting was clear and refreshing. Ms. Raife has a talent, and I hope that she continues to write books as entertaining as this one. I loved reading her first book Drumveyn, and I loved My Wild Highland Home even more. I am very much looking forward to reading her next book, I hope that she publishes one soon!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the type of book that soothes me . . ., 19 Mar 1998
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I have long been a devotee of slowly unfolding novels set in remote locations of Ireland, Scotland and England. This is one of the best, comparable to Mary Stewart, Jean Stubbs, Rosamunde Pilcher or the late Dorothy McArdle. Raife's character development is as good as Maeve Binchy's. This is a book that soothed me. I write for a living and so am extremely particular.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A tremondous contemporary opus, 25 Jan 1998
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Even though their marriage was a disaster for her, since her husband's death, Clare Sommerville has both worked and played hard. However, she is tired from the hazy mornings after too much booze and one night stands with inconsequential males. The latest male to share her bed makes Clare realize that she needs to find a different way to escape her pain and anguish. She looks back over her memories and concludes that she was happiest in the Scottish Highlands. Over the ridicule of her friends, Clare leaves London, seeking to regain herself in the Highlands.

The hedonistic Clare goes totally out of character when she buys a remote cottage that has no electricity, no easy access, not even a phone line nearby. When she moves in, she is surprised by the positive assistance provided to her by the natives even though they think she is nuts. She even shocks herself by being attracted to one particular person, Donald Macrae. However, though he reciprocates the feelings, Donald can offer nothing to Clare. He is in an unsatisfactory marriage to a woman slowly dying from cancer. Even for love, he will do the honorable thing and stay with his spouse to the end.

The title aside, WILD HIGHLAND HOME is not another Scottish historical romance. Instead, it is a extraordinary contemporary tale filled with realistic relationships and distinctively developed characters (both in London and Scotland, but especially in the Highlands). However, the central focus of the story line is Clare's journey for self that is brilliantly written by Alexandra "The Great" Raife. This novel is prime reading material for anyone fan of a modern day story.

Harriet Klausner

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of Alexandra Raife's novels so far...
Being from the same area of Scotland as the setting of the novel, yet currently living in London, I was able to identify with the story immediately. Read more
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