Like Circling Birds

A Scottish novel set in an idyllic village in the Trossachs, dealing with the difficulties in a father-daughter relationship after the father's return from World War II. The story develops round their unspoken conflict and how it ripples out to those around them: the young wife, the growing family, the marriage itself, and the question of fatherhood. Local history, legend and folktale are richly interwoven with human emotion, community secrets and family skeletons, as the girl struggles to understand the mysteries of her existence, her father's silence in particular. Written with unusual style and atmosphere; beautifully evoked landscape and cultural detail.