A Croft in the Hills

by Katharine Stewart, Neil Gunn (Foreword by)

Overview

An Englishwoman and her family in the 1950s trade life in the city for a small farm near Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands in this beloved memoir.

A real classic among Highland books, 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 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.

Praise for A Croft in the Hills

“Katharine Stewart’s memories are, as she says herself a tale of other times, almost a glimpse of legend . . . Evocative and charming.” —Scottish Book Collector

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857907516
Publisher:	Birlinn, Limited
Publication date:	02/12/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	481,735
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Katharine Stewart was born in 1914 in Reading. Following the Second World War and after a spell running a hotel in Edinburgh she movedwith her husband, Sam Stewart, and daughter Hilda, to the croft at Abriachan near Loch Ness, where she began her writing career with A Croftin the Hills. Later she trained as a teacher before, on the death of her husband, becoming the local postmistress at Abriachan. She died in2013 and is survived by her daughter, Hilda.

Editorial Reviews

Written with great charm

Books in Scotland

Katharine Stewart's memories are, as she says herself a tale of other times, almost a glimpse of legend... evocative and charming

Scottish Book Collector

Katharine Stewart's narrative style... is delightfully engaging, her prose almost conversational. The reader, like a house guest, has little chance but to become wholeheartedly involved

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