Jamesina Ross is long finished with men. But one night a stranger
seeking lodgings knocks on the door of her tenement flat. He
doesn't recognise her, but she remembers him at once. Not that she
plans to mention it. She has no intention of trusting anyone enough
to let herself be vulnerable again. A lifetime ago Jamesina Ross
was bent on becoming a writer. She had a facility with words. She
made up songs about the Highland glen where she lived and the kin
who had worked that land for generations. When her community was
threatened with eviction, she gave voice to that too. The women
stood together, defiant and determined, but Jamesina's music was no
match for one of the most brutal confrontations of the Highland
Clearances. Jamesina has borne the disfigurements of that day ever
since, on her face and inside her head. It marked the end of a life
of promise and the beginning of a very different one. Her lodger
thinks that if she would only dare to open the past, she might have
the chance of a future. A beautiful exploration of unlooked-for
love in later life, its contrariness and its awkward, surprising
joys, this is a story about resilience, memory, resurrection - and
those parts of who we are that nobody can take away.
General
Imprint: |
John Murray Publishers Ltd
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
Authors: |
Sally Magnusson
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Dimensions: |
222 x 138mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5293-4593-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
LSN: |
1-5293-4593-6 |
Barcode: |
9781529345933 |
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