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.
Did the Celts grow their own food? Were their families like our families? Did they live in houses? Who or what did they worship? How did they spend their time?
This scholarly and readable book goes a long way to answering many questions. The focus is on case studies, with poets, explorers, theologians, teachers and academics included in this ‘micro-history’ of late 19th & early 20th century Scotland.
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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