It is the summer of 1979. A tamed brown bear finds himself tempted by the lure of freedom and the wild open sea. Meanwhile a grieving, broken family arrive on a windswept island in the Outer Hebrides, looking for the time and space to understand the strange, bewildering events that led to the loss of their husband and father. Paperback , 438 pages Published May 1st 2011 by Pan Publishing (first published 2010)