Unknown to her, Daisy has written to a TV show that grants wishes to children suffering from serious illnesses. While Veronica goes on a new voyage to help film a documentary about another group of penguins with a Richard Attenborough type figure, Patrick travels to Canada hoping to learn more about his birth parents. Throw into the mix Patrick, Veronica's grandson, and his girlfriend, Terry, who live and work together on Locket Island, the scene of Veronica's original encounter with penguins, plus Eileen, Veronica's long-suffering housekeeper, and all the cast are back together.

In addition to the beautiful writing style, excellent description of landscapes, lovable characters and heartwarming story, this book delivers also a very important and thought provoking message about invironmental issues and wildlife, an added bonus for sure.

But when she is invited by wild life presenter Sir Robert Saddlebow to co-host a documentary program on seabirds, she jumps at the chance of a new adventure.

His exploration into his father's life is an emotional journey that results in moments of pause and reflection on his life choices and forces him to rethink his priorities. After a lifetime of disappointment and loss broke her spirit, she learned to expect the worst in people. The scientists at Locket Island in Antarctica, still working with the colony of Adélie penguins, are now dependent on her funding – and her newly-found grandson Patrick is now part of the team, a life apart from his former aimless existence in Bolton, having found romance with the lovely Terry.The atmospheric writing imparts a vivid sense of the settings and paints a strong visual picture in the reader's mind. I also really enjoyed the subplot regarding Patrick and his quest for the truth about his origins and his childhood.

You see, when Veronica was on Locket Island, she was featured on a blog about the plight of the Penguins there-and she has achieved quite a following as a Penguin Ambassador! Even though it will put her in the spotlight, just when she thought she would soon fade into the wings.

Aber ich glaube, dass dem Buch einiges an Charme verloren geht, wenn man Miss Veronicas Veränderung im ersten Teil nicht miterlebt hat. My thanks to Anne Cater at Random Things Tours for the invitation and support, and to the publishers for my advance reading e-copy (provided via netgalley). This is the second book featuring Veronica McCreedy who is comfortably off and lives in Ayrshire, Scotland, with her willing assistant Eileen.