While war rages in Europe, housekeeper Effie nurses her badly-wounded mistress on a tiny Scottish island. But then the arrival of a boatman with secrets of his own forces Effie to confront the disturbing allegiances of her charge, and she is left questioning where her own loyalties should lie.
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Mairi Kidd (she/her)
Mairi Kidd is the author of novels The Specimens and Poor Creatures and short story collections We Are All Witches and The Second-Best Whore in Town and has written drama and comedy for BBC Alba. She has a particular interest in unheard voices and especially the stories of ‘ordinary’ women.
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Mairead Hamilton (she/her)
Mairead is a Gaelic-speaking writer/director with over a decade of industry experience. An NFTS Sean Connery Talent Lab alumna, she wrote & directed the RTS award-winning comedy horror short-film, Checkout. More recently, she co-wrote & co-directed on the second series of the Gaelic crime drama, An t-Eilean / The Island.
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