CLOUD HOWE

GREY GRANITE

Book 3 of the Scots Quair trilogy, sequel to 'Cloud Howe' (8770). Chris Guthrie and her son, Ewan, have come to the industrial town of Duncairn. Life is hard and Chris has to work in Mrs Cleghorn’s boarding house. Ewan, who works in a steel factory, leads a peaceful strike against the manufacture of armaments and becomes a communist activist.

SUNSET SONG

First of the Scots Quair Trilogy. Divided between her love of the land and the harshness of farming life, Chris Guthrie finally chooses to stay in Scotland and the rural community of her childhood. But the First World War and the subsequent economic changes have a deep impact on her life.