We Wear The Sea Like A Coat

Brief Synopsis:

American couple Sara and Jonathan are in Orkney, Scotland for a year.  She's an oceanographer on a climate-change assignment. He's a writer and trailing spouse. Jonathan wants to start a family. Sara is reluctant. As a scientist, she is concerned about the future of the planet. Greeted with a mix of warmth and suspicion by the locals, Sara finds herself at the center of the conflict between preservation and exploitation.  Orkney, known for its 8000-year-old Neolithic ruins and the mystery of ancient people who inexplicably abandoned the site eight millennia ago, has been vigilant in protecting the islands from the compound effects of global warming, over-tourism, and mineral exploration. “Incomers” are suspect.  Alastair, a local historian and Rowan, a local archaeologist, appreciate the environmental work Sara has come to do.  Jonathan, hoping to write another book, finds the rugged coastal beauty and Orcadian history stimulating. The couple’s relationship is strained as he lobbies to start a family.