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Hometown Tales: Highlands and Hebrides
Original tales by remarkable writers
Hometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction - they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the meaning of home
In these pages on the Highlands and Hebrides, you'll find two unique tales. 'The Boy in the Bubble' is a bright, intensely funny and deeply felt memoir about growing up on the Isle of Mull from award-winning musician, the man behind Mull Historical Society, and author of The Letters of Ivor Punch , Colin MacIntyre. 'A9' is a captivating piece of short fiction about a girl torn between her love in Inverness and the chance to spread her wings, by Ellen MacAskill.
Hometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction - they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the meaning of home
In these pages on the Highlands and Hebrides, you'll find two unique tales. 'The Boy in the Bubble' is a bright, intensely funny and deeply felt memoir about growing up on the Isle of Mull from award-winning musician, the man behind Mull Historical Society, and author of The Letters of Ivor Punch , Colin MacIntyre. 'A9' is a captivating piece of short fiction about a girl torn between her love in Inverness and the chance to spread her wings, by Ellen MacAskill.
224 pages, Hardcover
Published September 4, 2018
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September 13, 2018
Such a great feeling to read a book by someone you know in real-life, and see their story in print.
October 12, 2018
I'll admit I only read the Colin MacIntyre half of this one (I just have so much to read.). I noticed it at a recent Mull Historical Society gig I attended and having enjoyed MacIntyre's other books sought it out from the library. There are probably few other bands as linked to a place as MHS, and yes the place is in their name, but you can see it clearly in the songs. The books shows just why as MacIntyre reminisces about being in New York and seeing things that reminded him of his upbringing on Mull.
The volume bounces around his youth as he delivers stories from various points before becoming more focused towards the end as he recounts his early gigs on Mull and segues into comparing his life on the island with life as a touring musician. He talks of his father a lot throughout and it'll be hard to listen to the song "14 Year Old Boy" with having the heartstrings seriously tugged after reading this.
It's an essential read for any MHS fan and for anyone interested on what it's like to grow up in an isolated place.
The volume bounces around his youth as he delivers stories from various points before becoming more focused towards the end as he recounts his early gigs on Mull and segues into comparing his life on the island with life as a touring musician. He talks of his father a lot throughout and it'll be hard to listen to the song "14 Year Old Boy" with having the heartstrings seriously tugged after reading this.
It's an essential read for any MHS fan and for anyone interested on what it's like to grow up in an isolated place.
January 22, 2020
3.5 stars. Amusing, poignant and honest recollections of two rural Scottish childhoods.
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