by Roderick Grant (Author), Robert Field (Drawings)
Laughter, tragedy and dramatic incident thread their way through the life of a growing boy and the lives of the people he observes. Roderick Grant's book is not merely one of nostalgic recall. It is a richly evocative memoir of a time and place when horses still drew ploughs and children walked seven miles or more each day to reach their school; and where shepherd and gamekeeper, farmer and labourer, forester, railway worker, teacher, laird and minister, and their families, were all part of a community, close-knit in its isolation from the changing post-war world.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 168
Edition: 2nd Revised
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 26 Mar 2007
ISBN 10: 1841585955
ISBN 13: 9781841585956
'a detailed, loving and always interesting recollection of an adventurous Scottish childhood, refreshingly honest about the dawn of sexual awareness'
-- Angus MacVicar'I was captivated . . . Grant's evocative style, with humour never far away, recalls H.E. Bates and the best of his country writing'
-- Sue Baker'Beg, borrow or buy a copy today, I promise that you will be entranced'
* Nairnshire Telegraph *'Evocative and lively'
* Scots Magazine *'Vividly paints the sights, smells, events and characters of rural Scotland in such a comedic way that it is hard not to laugh out loud'
* Press & Journal *'Absolutely fascinating ... beautifully written'
* BBC *Roderick Grant was born in Forres, Morayshire, in 1941, where he attended the local academy. He has worked as a forestry worker, a journalist, a newspaper editor, a television presenter, a radio broadcaster, a bookshop manager and a postman. He has also published writing in both Britain and the USA, including short stories and numerous books such as A Private Vendetta, The Clutch of Caution and Strathalder: A Highland Estate (available from Birlinn Autumn 2007).
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