The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World
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In this tour of the world's most unexpected sounds, Trevor Cox--the "David Attenborough of the...
Walls by Louis Tomlinson
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Walls is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Louis Tomlinson, released on 31...
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Now you can watch all cricket Matches and tournaments in this app. Features: T20 Live Matches...
The Kindness of Enemies
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"Natasha lives a lonely life, adrift in Scotland and town between two identities. Born into a...
Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie really shine in this. As two detectives working a case that gets more alarming the deeper they delve. With Suranne's character on board the Submarine and Rose investigating on land. There are many twists, cold War tactics and government cover ups to be unravelled in the 6 episodes. It will have you on the edge of your seat!
Sea Legs: One Family's Adventure on the Ocean
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Three years after his return from the Alaskan wilderness, Guy Grieve was living on the Isle of Mull...
Mary, Queen of Scots: A Study in Failure
Jenny Wormald and Anna Groundwater
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Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has long been portrayed as one of history's romantically tragic...
The Scottish Independence Referendum: Constitutional and Political Implications
Aileen McHarg, Tom Mullen, Alan Page and Neil Walker
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The September 2014 Scottish independence referendum was an event of profound constitutional and...
The Crime Club
David Brawn, Frank Froest and George Dilnot
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The Detective Story Club's first short story anthology is based around a London detective club and...
ClareR (5879 KP) rated A Woman Made of Snow in Books
Nov 9, 2021
Caro and Alasdair marry after the War and move back to his family home - Kelly Castle in Scotland. Caro has high hopes of continuing to work in a university, but motherhood puts pay to that, and instead decides to look into the Gillan family genealogy, and specifically the mysterious disappearance of Alasdair’s great grandmother. When Caro finds the remains of a diary, there are some startling findings.
We flash back and forth between 1949 and the 1800s, where the information missing from the diary is more clearly explained. When a body is unearthed after flooding, this poses more questions about he person’s identity. Is this the missing relative?
I absolutely loved this. The descriptions of the sea, the Arctic tundra and the Inuit who lived there, fascinated me. Less pleasant were the attitudes of the British towards other cultures, but this was interesting, all the same. The changing roles of women was portrayed well. Whilst not the same as our lives today, Caro’s life in the 1940’s/ 50’s was markedly better than that of the women in the 1800s.
This was such an enjoyable read - highly recommended.
Thanks to The Pigeonhole for serialising this wonderful book.