CROWDIE AND CREAM AND OTHER STORIES

Now in one volume, here are Finlay J Macdoald's collected accounts of growing up on the island of Harris between the wars - Crowdie And Cream, Crotal And White and The Corncrake And The Lysander . Charming, nostalgic and hilarious, together they bring alive the warmth and closeness of a unique Hebridean community. Peopled with characters like Great Aunt Rachel, 'built like a Churchill tank and with a personality to match', these are the stories of a childhood, of the hard years of the Depression, and then the departure of the island's young men to fight in the Second World War.