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Clap Hands for the Singing Molecatcher: Scenes from a Scottish Childhood 2nd Revised Edition
Author(s): Roderick Grant (Author), Robert Field (Drawings)
- Publisher: Birlinn
- Publication Date: 26 Mar. 2007
- Edition: 2nd Revised
- Language: English
- Print length: 168 pages
- ISBN-10: 1841585955
- ISBN-13: 9781841585956
Book Description
Laughter, tragedy and dramatic incident thread their way through the life of a growing boy and the lives of the people he observes. Roderick Grant’s book is not merely one of nostalgic recall. It is a richly evocative memoir of a time and place when horses still drew ploughs and children walked seven miles or more each day to reach their school; and where shepherd and gamekeeper, farmer and labourer, forester, railway worker, teacher, laird and minister, and their families, were all part of a community, close-knit in its isolation from the changing post-war world.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Absolutely fascinating … beautifully written’ –bbc
‘a detailed, loving and always interesting recollection of an adventurous Scottish childhood’ –Angus MacVicar
About the Author
Roderick Grant was born in Forres, Morayshire, in 1941, where he attended the local academy. He has worked as a forestry worker, a journalist, a newspaper editor, a television presenter, a radio broadcaster, a bookshop manager and a postman. He has also published writing in both Britain and the USA, including short stories and numerous books such as A Private Vendetta, The Clutch of Caution and Strathalder: A Highland Estate (available from Birlinn Autumn 2007).
