Marram
Memories of Sea and Spider Silk
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‘Her mesmerising account blends travel and nature writing as Charlton reflects on grief, catharsis and acceptance.’
» The Herald
'Beautiful, meditative memoir.' – Sunday Express
From the southern tip of Barra to the ancient stone circle of Callanish, Leonie Charlton and her friend Shuna ride off the beaten track on their beloved Highland ponies, Ross and Chief. Among the idyllic and clarifying landscapes of the outer Hebrides, Leonie allows herself to reflect on her life, specifically on her frayed relationship with her late mother.
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'Beautiful, meditative memoir.' – Sunday Express
From the southern tip of Barra to the ancient stone circle of Callanish, Leonie Charlton and her friend Shuna ride off the beaten track on their beloved Highland ponies, Ross and Chief. Among the idyllic and clarifying landscapes of the outer Hebrides, Leonie allows herself to reflect on her life, specifically on her frayed relationship with her late mother.
In deeply poetic prose, in Marram Leonie not only describes the beauties of the Hebridean landscape, its spare, penetrating light and its people, but also confronts the ghost of her mother and their fractured relationship as she leaves beads across the island in memorium.
Intimate, sensitive and illuminating, both the story and the picturesque images hold all the natural beauty of the Hebrides, and the grief and emotion of a writer finally able to find peace in her loss.
‘Her mesmerising account blends travel and nature writing as Charlton reflects on grief, catharsis and acceptance.’ --The Herald
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Sandstone Press Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 288
- ISBN
- 9781913207977
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Om forfatteren
Leonie Charlton travelled extensively as a child, living in England, Africa, Wales and Scotland. She has worked as a cowgirl in Australia, an English teacher in Japan, and her degree in Hispanic Studies took her to Catalonia for two years. Marram is her first full length book although her fiction and poetry have appeared widely in magazines.
Anmeldelser
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‘Her mesmerising account blends travel and nature writing as Charlton reflects on grief, catharsis and acceptance.’
» The Herald
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‘Beautiful, meditative memoir.’
» Sunday Express
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‘Poetic.’
» Scottish Field
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‘An evocative look at a mother-daughter relationship, with a Hebridean backdrop.’
» The Simple Things
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‘Leonie has conjured a memorably magical world of nature and wildlife, places and people, that lingers in the imagination long after finishing the book. You don’t have to like ponies or wild islands to enjoy reading Marram, but for those who do, this book will become a special treasure.’
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‘A huge sense of accomplishment radiates from the final pages, filling the reader with affection for the writer, for what she has endured, and the things she has learned along the way.’
» On: Yorkshire Magazine
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‘Beautifully and elegantly descriptive. A wonderful read that I enjoyed a great deal.’
» Pythia Reads
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‘What a joy Marram is! Images of place and people flood the senses in a truly unputdownable account of two journeys intertwined. A beautiful and evocative piece of writing.’
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‘Marram is a story about love – love for a string of windswept islands, for their people and wildlife, for a couple of shaggy ponies and for a lost and parent. With an affectionate eye for the smallest detail and an indulgent ear for the softest lament, Leonie Charlton does them all proud.’
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‘Tried by nature’s elemental rawness, washed with fear and despair, Marram is Leonie Charlton’s telling of a gruelling journey as she wrestles with the ragged memories left by her mother’s untimely passing.’
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