A Shine of Rainbows - Softcover

Beckwith, Lillian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0755102800 ISBN 13: 9780755102808

Publisher: House of Stratus Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Mairi and Sandy live on a lonely Hebridean island, content with each other - despite their lack of children. When Mairi brings home Thomas, a child from the orphanage, Sandy is jealous of Mairi's affection for him and disappointed in the boy's stammer and fragility. With time, Thomas grows in confidence and draws nearer to his foster mother, but still Sandy keeps an emotional distance - until tragedy results in a new understanding.

About this title

About the Author

Lillian Beckwith (Lillian Comber) was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, in 1916. She went to live in the Hebrides before the Second World War and stayed there for nearly twenty years, living first on Elgol, Isle of Skye, and later on the nearby and smaller Isle of Soay. Her hilarious initiation into crofting life is captured in the heart warming book 'The Hills is Lonely'. She acquired her own cottage, and living and working on her own croft gave rise to a series of magical Hebridean books such as 'The Sea For Breakfast'. She retired to the Isle of Man, where she died in 2004.

Edition details

• Publisher: House of Stratus Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0755102800
• ISBN 13: 9780755102808
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122