The Isle of Mingulay, twelve miles south of Barra, supported a population until the last of its people left between 1907 and 1912. This book is an account of the lifestyle, work and customs of the islanders.
D.M.N.C. – Sgrìobhaidhean Dhòmhnaill Mhic na Ceàrdaich
Donald Sinclair
One of the 20th Century’s finest – yet relatively unknown – Gaelic authors, Donald Sinclair was an outspoken, fierce champion of the Gaelic language, highly regarded by Sorley Maclean and Hugh MacDiarmid.
In 1940, in Barra in the Outer Hebrides, an 18-year-old woman, Flòraidh, is persuaded to leave her island home when she learns that her stepmother intends to marry her off to the local shopkeeper. She follows her enigmatic friend Lavinia to the city and changes her identity to Laura, like a butterfly, leaving her chrysalis behind, as they join the war effort.
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