Thistle Soup : A Ladleful of Scottish Life
by Peter KerrEdition: 1st
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2004-05-01
Publisher(s): Lyons Press
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Summary
A brimming and lively broth of rural characters, drunken ghosts, livestock in bedrooms, and country superstitions.
Author Biography
PETER KERR lives in East Lothian with his wife. He is the best-selling author of Snowball Oranges and the WH Smith Travel Writing Award shortlisted Mañana Mañana.
Table of Contents
| Leaning Against the Wind | p. 1 |
| Gas Masks, Two Romeos, and a Ghost | p. 15 |
| The Hen's March to the Midden | p. 35 |
| Matters of Life and Death | p. 53 |
| The Devil of Monument Hill | p. 69 |
| The Noisy Passing of a Quiet Way of Life | p. 83 |
| A Peedie Piece O'Peace | p. 105 |
| Into the Realm of the Gypsy King | p. 115 |
| Bending with the Rising Winds of Change | p. 127 |
| Bagpipes, Boogie, and Bullock Breath | p. 139 |
| Good Fortune Found, a Treasure Lost | p. 147 |
| Tying Knots and Cutting Ties | p. 159 |
| From Bagpipes to the Beatles and Back Again | p. 175 |
| Going Home | p. 185 |
| Dame Fortune is a Transvestite | p. 199 |
| Balancing the Scales of Fate | p. 215 |
| Of Goblins, Ghosts, and Goodbyes | p. 225 |
| Epilogue--Another Story | p. 237 |
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