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Fiona Malkin

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Born

in Northumberland, The United Kingdom

Website

http://beautifulendeavourboatblog.com/

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Nonfiction, Memoir, Romance

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Alistair Moffat, Robin Hobb, Diana Gabaldon, T. Ralston

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A little while ago I came across a lovely retelling of the selkie folktale. The Selkie by Mara Freeman is one of the many selkie tales that are so deeply entrenched in Orcadian folklore. They have spread in various forms down the western shores of Scotland Ireland and Wales.

The Song Of The Seals

The lovely descriptive narrative of Mara Freeman happily reminded me of our trips to Scotland. The moon

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Shemaron: A Beautiful Endeavor

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Fool's Quest (The Fitz and The Fool, #2)

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The King in the North: The Life and Times of Oswald of Northumbria

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