{"product_id":"a-modest-harmony-seven-summers-in-a-scottish-glen-a-memoir-paperback","title":"A Modest Harmony Seven Summers in a Scottish Glen: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheila Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Brooklyn family buys a stone cottage beside a loch in Scotland and summers in the lonely hills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWitty and passionate...the little society scattered across the lonely hills is rightly set against its ancient and recent history...this wise book...entertainingly observant...Perthshire winds, voices, birdsong, silences...weeks spent in reading, (no TV, no radio)\u003c\/p\u003e -Ronald Blythe, \u003cbr\u003e author of AKENFIELD, NYTimes Book Review.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eA resonant book...in lucid prose she shows how the Scots preserve and guard the spirit of an older world against the intrusion of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e -Paula Fox\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eI was enchanted by this story of seven summers in a Scottish Glen...shepherds, townspeople, farmers, lairds...Sheila Gordon is perceptive, lyrical...humorous\u003c\/p\u003e -Francis Steegmuller\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118883704967,"sku":"9781440181382","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/91cc55069f3f5ff8162653af8bd65d3f.webp?v=1732537118","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-modest-harmony-seven-summers-in-a-scottish-glen-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}