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She looks about an unfamiliar room, where windows frame the wild unforgiving landscape of the Orkney Islands, before resting her tiny fingers on the old upright keyboard. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Little did Isla or her father know of her mother \u2019s secret to abduct Isla from her home, her friends, family and everything that made her feel loved and secure. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; <em>Isla\u2019s Song<\/em>, set in the heady folk music days of the 60s, is a story of choices, betrayal, love, stardom, eternal hopes and a child\u2019s love. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; From one act of kidnapping, a little girl reveals to us how the gift of music and a commitment to manifest can really make dreams come true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12393,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[29,291],"product_tag":[411],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Isla&#039;s Song - Wilkinson Publishing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Isla\u2019s Song, set in the heady folk music days of the 60s, is a story of ch oices, betrayal, love, stardom, eternal hopes and a child\u2019s love.Each chapter named after a Joni Mitchell song to flavour and enhance the adventure.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonpublishing.com.au\/product\/islas-song\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Isla&#039;s Song - 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