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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Canongate Books

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781782118862

RRP: £8.99

PAGES: 224

PUBLICATION DATE:
January 5, 2017

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The Weatherhouse

The women of the tiny town of Fetter-Rothnie have grown used to a life without men, and none more so than the tangle of mothers and daughters, spinsters and widows living at the Weatherhouse. Returned from war with shellshock, Garry Forbes is drawn into their circle as he struggles to build a new understanding of the world from the ruins of his grief. In The Weatherhouse, considered her greatest novel, Nan Shepherd paints an exquisite portrait of a community coming to terms with the brutal losses of war, and the small tragedies, yearnings and delusions that make up a life.

Reviews of The Weatherhouse

Spellbinding — ALI SMITH A blazingly brilliant writer … She's so far ahead of us – we're always only starting to catch Nan up. Philosophically and stylistically, she was extraordinary — ROBERT MACFARLANE Shepherd is a fierce looker. And like many fierce lookers, she is also a mystic * Guardian *

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