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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 5 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780755363254 | ISBN 10: 0755363256
A gritty and nostalgic memoir from a Scottish miner's wife. Growing up in a mining family, Cath's husband Doug promised his father he wouldn't follow in his dangerous footsteps. But after struggling with terrible poverty in 1970s Scotlan ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780099539537 | ISBN 10: 0099539535
Candia McWilliam had just joined the judging panel of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2006 when she started to lose her sight. The gradual onset of blindness seemed like an assault especially tailored for someone whose life consisted of reading a ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781846970832 | ISBN 10: 1846970830
George Mackay Brown was born the youngest child of a poor family in Stromness; his mother was a beautiful Gaelic-speaking woman, his father, a wit and singer, who also doubled as a postman and tailor. Orkney was profoundly important to Macka ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781845961299 | ISBN 10: 1845961293
Roots of Stone is a passionate tapestry, weaving the story of Scotland with the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people. This fascinating sweep over two thousand years of Scotland's past blends with a true family story stretching back over these s ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781841580708 | ISBN 10: 1841580708
This is a sequel to the popular Yellow on the Broom. It takes Betsy Whyte's (1919-1988) story to the end of World War II, and includes additional material not previously published. It recounts, in vivid detail, the heady years of adolescence, h ... more
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