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PUBLISHER: Birlinn
ISBN: 9781841580593
PAGES: 256p.
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Those Other Times
This novel tells the story of an incomer married into a close-knit fishing community in northern Scotland. Struggling to cope with poverty, Cis also has to cope with her complex relationship with Marjie, her bright and sensitive daughter.
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