In her charming account of the rural village of Bruach, Lillian Beckwith paints a vivid picture of life as a Hebridean crofter, introducing a cast of colourful locals including village clown Johnny Comic and the irrepressible Erchy and Hector. With her trademark warmth, wit and lively humour, Miss Peckwitt spins a sparkling, unsentimental tale of an idyllic, long-lost way of life.

For an unsentimental, lively, apparently photographically accurate picture on a Hebridean island, Miss Beckwiths essays or memoirs or stories would be hard to beat. The Times

A sparkling book which could well become a Scottish humorous classic Weekly Scotsman

About Lillian Beckwith

Lilian Comber wrote fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children under the pseudonym Lillian Beckwith. She is best known for her series of comic novels based on her time living on a croft in the Scottish Hebrides.

Beckwith was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, in 1916, where her father ran a grocery shop. The shop provided the background for her memoir About My Father's Business, a childs eye view of a 1920s family. She moved to the Isle of Skye with her husband in 1942, and began writing fiction after moving to the Isle of Man with her family twenty years later. She also completed a cookery book, Secrets from a Crofters Kitchen (Arrow, 1976).

Since her death, Beckwiths novel A Shine of Rainbows has been made into a film starring Aidan Quinn and Connie Nielsen, which in 2009 won Best Feature awards at the Heartland and Chicago Childrens Film Festivals.

Additional information

Sku

GOR007614228

ISBN 13

9781447216872

ISBN 10

1447216873

Title

The Loud Halo by Lillian Beckwith

Author

Lillian Beckwith

Series

Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Tales

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Year published

2012-05-03

Number of pages

208

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

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