Rose Leonard is on the run from her life. Taking refuge in a remote island community, she cocoons herself in work, silence and solitude in a house by the sea. But she is haunted by her past, by memories and desires she'd hoped were long dead. Rose must decide whether she has chosen a new life or just a different kind of death. Life and love are offered by new friends, her lonely daughter and most of all Calum, a fragile younger man who has his own demons to exorcise. But does Rose, with her tenuous hold on life and sanity, have the courage to say "Yes" to life and put her past behind her?... EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY was shortlisted for the 2006 Waverton Good Read Award, awarded to the best first novel by a UK author. REVIEWS “Lyrical, intriguing and haunting.” Isla Dewar "The emotional power makes this reviewer reflect on how Charlotte and Emily Brontë might have written if they were living and writing now." NORTHWORDS NOW "A hymn of praise to the damaged, to the incomplete, a wonderful thing of hope." www.BookCrossing.com "One of the most outstanding first novels I believe I've ever read." The Bluestalking Reader blog