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The Trials of Mary Johnsdaughter
Engelsk Paperback
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Engelsk Paperback

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A cold sweat had spread over Mary as she listened. What she was hearing was sounding ever more like a premonition: adultery was nearly as bad as murder.

Shetland, 1773: a land of hand-to-mouth living and tight community ties overshadowed by the ever-watchful eye of the kirk, an institution ‘run by auld men, for auld men’. In this fictionalised retelling of historical events, young Waas lass Mary Johnsdaughter stands accused of having sinned in the eyes of the church after the Batchelor, a ship bursting with emigrants seeking new lives in North Carolina, is left stranded upon Shetland’s shores.

Will she survive the humiliation? Will she become an outcast? Will one moment cost her everything?

A tale of Shetland folk knit out of Shetlandic voices and real parish records, The Trials of Mary Johnsdaughter pits the bonds of friends and family against the grip of the kirk. Only one thing is clear: then as now, ‘Hit’s no aesy livin in a peerie place.’

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9781910022566
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
191002256X
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
15 jun 2022
Længde:
26mm
Bredde:
129mm
Højde:
198mm
Forlag:
Luath Press Ltd
Oplagsdato:
15 jun 2022
Forfatter(e):
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