Ruth tells her stories when Liska is at work, to a background of shrieking seabirds Liska tells hers when Ruth is asleep, with the lighthouse sweeping its steady beam through the window. But each must keep their storytelling a secret from the other, as they’ve agreed to only ever tell the plain truth. They spend their time telling stories to the unborn baby, trying to pass on the lessons they’ve learned: tales of circuses and stargazing, selkie fishermen and domestic werewolves, child-eating witches and broken-toothed dragons. In their tiny, sea-beaten cottage on the north coast of Scotland, Liska and Ruth await the birth of their first child. By: ASLS, Glasgow, August 2015, with the assistanceĪlthough this Limited Edition is now out of print,Ī paperback edition has been published by Vintage.
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