A Childhood in Scotland (Canongate Classics: Vol. 23)

By: Christian Miller

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Synopsis: This coming of age memoir offers an intimate portrait of 1920 life in a Scottish castle—&“like stepping through the looking glass into another world&” (Glasgow World, UK). &“When I was a little girl, the ghosts were more real to me than the people…&” So begins Christian Miller&’s fascinating autobiography of girlhood in 1920s Scotland. Privileged and yet in many ways deprived, Miller grew up the younger daughter and &“substitute boy&” of her upper-class parents. With perceptive portraits of daily life at her family&’s castle in the Scottish highlands, Miller offers readers a rare and personal insight into the last relics of feudal life. A Childhood in Scotland describes girlhood in a world where shooting came second only to religion, where questions were frowned upon, and reading seen as a waste of time. This edition of A Childhood in Scotland features an informative introduction by Dorothy Porter.&“The book&’s fascination lies in its re-creation of life in a big house of the period. This is a book one can live in.&”—Daily Telegraph, UK