# The Island Wife

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- Book: [The Island Wife](https://www.bookquiver.com/jessica-stirling/the-island-wife) ([The Island Wife.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jessica-stirling/the-island-wife.md))
- Authors: [Jessica Stirling](https://www.bookquiver.com/jessica-stirling)
- Publisher: hodder_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-03-4067-195-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 1998-05-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Set in 1878, this is the story of Biddy and Innes, two young girls from a large crofting and fishing family on the Isle of Mull, whose world is thrown into confusion by the arrival of a handsome young shepherd. Tragedy follows when they both fall in love with the same man.