Dimensions
130 x 12 x 198mm
"Now who'll tell us a story?" The fire's warmth and the scent of burning heather filled the room, shining bright on the colours of the rag-rug on the hearth. Lamp-light ran in shimmers along the blades of clacking scissors, and needles glinted as they stabbed in and out . . . "A story - come on, a story!"
Three women, three generations, together preparing others for important moments in their lives: teasing a bride with tales of love and courtship on the eve of her wedding; encouraging a young girl leaving home with fables of fate and fortune; scaring each other with legends of ghosts and the grave as they prepare a funeral feast; soothing a nursing mother with stories of babies and naming . . .
Twelve telling tales of truth and tradition, skilfully woven together into a truly classic collection.
