David Mowat

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

Set in 1943 in Scotland during World War II. Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program, Janie and Dougal welcome three Italian POWs to work on their farm. Soon, Janie falls in love with one of them...

When a farmer's land is wanted for a new town development, a lot of people find their lives put in the melting pot.

Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.