A Childhood in Scotland by Christian Miller
When I was a little girl, the ghosts were more real to me than the people. In this perceptive autobiography, Christian Miller recalls her privileged, but at the same time deprived, upper-class childhood in a castle in Scotland. Through the eyes and ears of a 1920s child who seems to have seen and heard everything within the massive granite walls of her home, she gives us a unique insight into what must surely have been one of the last relics of feudal life.
Christian Miller, the youngest of a family of six, was born in 1920. Brought up on her father's estate in the highlands of Scotland, she was educated by governesses. After the death of her father, the estate was inherited by her elder brother, and the rest of the family moved to London, where at eighteen she became a debutante. During the Second World War, having started as an aircraft fitter working on heavy bombers, she became a technical adviser in the Ministry of Production. She married during the war and had two daughters, and it was not until the 1960s that she started writing, beginning with short stories, which were widely translated. A Childhood in Scotland (1981) first appeared in The New Yorker, and received a Scottish Arts Council Book Award in 1982.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780862412302 |
| ISBN 10 | 0862412307 |
| Title | A Childhood in Scotland |
| Author | Christian Miller |
| Series | Canongate Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 1990-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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