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A Croft in the Hills

By: Katharine Stewart, Neil Gunn - foreword
Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
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A Croft in the Hills captures, in simple, moving descriptions, what it was really like trying to make a living out of a hill croft near Loch Ness fifty years ago. A couple and their young daughter, fresh from city life, immerse themselves in the practicalities of looking after sheep, cattle and hens, mending fences, baking bread, and surviving the worst that Scottish winters can throw at them.

Their neighbors are few, but among them they find the generosity and community spirit that has survived in the Highlands for generations. Working as a tight family unit, they learn to cope, and in time grow to love their little croft. As Neil Gunn writes in his Foreword, their lives gain extra dimensions that "give the book its unusual quality, its brightness, and its wisdom".
©1960, 1979, 2005 Katharine Stewart (P)2022 Tantor
Cultural & Regional Great Britain Women England Highlander
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