The loud halo
Beckwith, Lillian1987
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Now she has settled into a life conditioned by winter gales and summer midges, by capricious wells and demanding cows: it is a charmed existence, enlivened by her contact with the warm-hearted and often hilariously eccentric neighbours who crowded her pages, arguing and laughing among each other. There is a wise, mischievous Morag, always ready with reassuring advice; irresistible Hector with his charming lisp ('Miss Peckwitt, give the cow a wind to see will it start her off'); old Johnny Comic, tender-hearted and simple, full of love for the flowers he tries to grow; his sister, the spinster Kirsty, rigidly confined by her religion, who remarked of Johnny's death: 'Ach, he was always the same, any little thing killed him'.
Main title:
The loud halo / Lillian Beckwith.
Author:
Beckwith, Lillian, author
Imprint:
Century, 1987.
Notes:
Previous Control Number: 0712616179.Previous Locations: AL, BIND, CM, CSES, DW, HOLD, NM, PM, PO, REP, TA, TM, WI.Originally published, London , Hutchinson, 1964.
ISBN:
07126161799780712616171 (hbk)
Dewey class:
914.117
Local class:
B.BEC
Language:
English
Index terms:
ScotlandHebridesSocial life1970-1979Personal observations
BRN:
530921
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