The Summer of the Bear Book

While an escaped bear on the loose prowls the Scottish island of Benbecula, the sudden death of young British diplomat Nicky leaves his wife Letty in shock, and their children plagued with their own versions of grief, guilt and anger. Was it an accident, murder or suicide? Could he really have ruined their lives by taking his own? As the family's secrets threaten to unravel around them, it is left to the youngest child, eight-year-old Jamie, to piece the family back together in his own clumsy but endearing way. The Summer of the Bear is a beautifully told tale that we're wholeheartedly recommending with characters charmingly brought to life by Bella Pollen, the author of Hunting Unicorns and All About Men.

In the summer of 1979, a tamed grizzly bear is tempted by the lure of freedom and the wild open sea... Meanwhile, the sudden death of British diplomat Nicky Fleming has left his wife closed down with shock. Relocated from Cold-War-riven Germany to a