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A real classic among Highland books, "A Croft in the Hills" captures, in simple, moving descriptions, what it was really like trying to make a living out of a hill croft fifty years ago. A couple and their young daughter, fresh from city life, immerse themselves in the practicalities of looking after sheep, cattle and hens, mending fences, baking bread and surviving the worst that Scottish winters can throw at them.
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'Katharine Stewart's narrative style ... is delightfully engaging, her prose almost conversational. The reader, like a house guest, has little chance but to become wholeheartedly involved' --Topical Books
'evocative and charming' --Scottish Book Collector
'Written with great charm' --Books in Scotland
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'Written with great charm' --Books in Scotland
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- PublisherBirlinn Ltd
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1841587915
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