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    The Valley at the Centre of the World
    The Valley at the Centre of the World
    The Valley at the Centre of the World
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Valley at the Centre of the World

    Written by Malachy Tallack

    Narrated by Robert Williamson

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    Shetland: a place of sheep and soil, close ties and an age-old way of life. A place where David has lived all his life, like his father and grandfather before him. A place where Sandy, a newcomer but already a crofter, may have finally found a home. A place that Alice has fled to after the death of her husband. In the wind and sun and storms from the Atlantic, these islanders must decide: what is left of us when the day's work is done, the children grown, and all our choices have been made?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIsis Publishing Ltd
    Release dateFeb 1, 2019
    ISBN9781445079684
    The Valley at the Centre of the World
    Author

    Malachy Tallack

    MALACHY TALLACK has written for the New Statesman, the Guardian, Caught by the River, and many other publications, online and print. He won a New Writers' Award from Scottish Book Trust in 2014, and the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship in 2015. He is from Shetland, and currently lives in Glasgow. Malachy is the author of Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home and The Un-Discovered Islands: An Archipelago of Myths and Mysteries, Phantoms and Fakes.

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      A tender exploration of contemporary island life. Beautifully rendered and brilliantly narrated by an actor who effortlessly switches from the Shetland accent to a subtler Scottish narration. Lovely.