Stroma is a hard-working 30 year old Highlander who lives in Blàs, a small rural village on the North Coast 500. Her passion: to save her language and culture from dying out. It also plays a large part in her everyday job as she travels around the region. However, it is not only her culture that is under threat, it is Blàs itself as it struggles to retain its population. Into the tide of people leaving strides Auntie Lottie, returning home to stay. She stirs it around, juggles it up and generally lives, works and plays given the chance. Lottie's return strengthens her friendship with Maureen and Ellen, old school pals of Stroma's late mother. Mary in her 80s completes this inter-generational friendship. Full of humour, the story follows the women through the first year of Auntie Lottie's return with Stroma's life being the most affected by her arrival. Follow their highs and lows, their festivals and celebrations, their laughter and their tears in this lovable community.
Stroma is a hard-working 30 year old Highlander who lives in Blàs, a small rural village on the North Coast 500. Her passion: to save her language and culture from dying out. It also plays a large part in her everyday job as she travels around the region. However, it is not only her culture that is under threat, it is Blàs itself as it struggles to retain its population. Into the tide of people leaving strides Auntie Lottie, returning home to stay. She stirs it around, juggles it up and generally lives, works and plays given the chance. Lottie's return strengthens her friendship with Maureen and Ellen, old school pals of Stroma's late mother. Mary in her 80s completes this inter-generational friendship. Full of humour, the story follows the women through the first year of Auntie Lottie's return with Stroma's life being the most affected by her arrival. Follow their highs and lows, their festivals and celebrations, their laughter and their tears in this lovable community.
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C C Hutton is a writer of English women's contemporary fiction with a dash of Gaelic, a large sprinkling of humour, and a wee drop of Scots. Ceitidh is also an award-winning writer of Gaelic children's picture books and has been short-listed in the Gaelic Literature Awards for an unpublished manuscript. Ceitidh who is also a storyteller, lives and works in the Scottish Highlands. Previously, she spent many years travelling the area as a Gaelic Development Officer. Ceitidh who is both dyslexic and dyspraxia is registered with the Scottish Book Live Literacy Programme, and is the Rùnaire/secretary for the Society of Authors in Scotland (SoAiS). She is also a member of ALLI (The Alliance of Independent [...] not involved in the writing and story world she delivers Gaelic Bookbug sessions, walks the dog, and helps to promote Gaelic.
