The Silver Darlings

The Silver Darlings
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 617
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ISBN-10 : 9780571282678
ISBN-13 : 0571282679
Rating : 4/5 (679 Downloads)
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Book Synopsis The Silver Darlings by : Neil M. Gunn

Download or read book The Silver Darlings written by Neil M. Gunn and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silver Darlings is a tale of lives hard won from a cruel sea and crueller landlords. It tells of strong young men and stronger women whose loves, fears and sorrows are set deep in a landscape of raw beauty and bleak reward. The dawning of the Herring Fisheries brought with it the hope of escape from the brutality of the Highland Clearances, and Neil Gunn's story paints a vivid picture of a community fighting against nature and history and refusing to be crushed.


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