Sunset song
By: Lewis Grassic Gibbon ; edited with an introduction by Tom Crawford
Contributors: Crawford, Thomas
Edition: Film tie-in edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781782117193
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Chris Guthrie (Fictitious character); Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Crofters; Interpersonal relations; Fiction
Description: When Jean Guthrie, broken by repeated childbirth, dies along with her baby twins, her daughter Chris is left to run the rented family farm, along with her elder brother Will and their domineering father. Faced with a choice between doing her duty, and the seductive but distant world of books and learning, Chris eventually decides to remain in her rural community, bound by her intense love of the land. However, Will's departure for Australia, and her father's death, change everything. Her marriage to farmer Ewan Tavendale brings a measure of happiness - but clouds of war are gathering on the horizon ...
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.