The Last Woman Born on the Island is an exploration of the past and
the present, and a celebration of the landscapes, both physical and
emotional, that make up our lives. What are the colours of the
language or languages we speak, and how do they infl uence the ways
we live? Much of this collection is set in the author's homeland of
Scotland. Some poems contemplate the history and traditions of the
Highlands and Islands - from the HMS Iolaire disaster off Lewis in
1919 to the knitting of Eriskay ganseys, from the legend of the
White Cow at Callanish stone circle to herring girls at the start
of the twentieth century. Others consider Scottish languages and
parlances, the country's wildest and most beautiful landscapes, and
the effects of tourism on the culture of the Hebrides. Is there is
a diff erence between something lost and something merely
forgotten? How do we fi nd what we don't know we ever had? And what
is belonging to a place, let alone to two places? In one long poem,
the author stands between her home country and her adopted country
of France, letting her feet talk us through the places they have
been. Who is the last woman and where is the island?
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