The hills is lonely ebook

Media The Hills is Lonely. Add Book To Favorites. Save Not today. Format ebook. Series Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Tales. Author Lillian Beckwith. Publisher Pan Macmillan. Her hilarious initiation into the Hebride's crofting life is contained in this book. There is an entire series of these semi-autobiographical books, and I intend to read each one! Here's a snippet from the first chapter, to give you an idea of Lillian's gentle humour, and adventurous spirit.

An illness some months previously had led my doctor to order me away to the country for a long complete res I really enjoyed this book. An illness some months previously had led my doctor to order me away to the country for a long complete rest. My advertisement in a well-known periodical had brought an avalanche of tempting offers.

England it appeared, was liberally dotted with miniature Paradises for anyone seeking recuperative solitude, and I had almost decided to remove myself temporarily to a Kentish farmhouse when the postman brought a letter which changed my plans completely. The envelope bore a Hebridean postmark; the handwriting, though straggly, was fairly legible, but the words themselves painted a picture as vivid and inviting as a railway poster.

I am sorry I did not write sooner if you are fixed up if you are not in any way fixed up I have a good good house stone and tiles and my brother Ruari who will wash down with lime twice every year.

Ruari is married and lives just by. She is not damp. I live by myself and you could have the room that is not a kitchen and bedroom reasonable. I was in the kitchen of the lairds house till lately when he was changed God rest his soul the poor old gentleman that he was. You would be very welcomed. I have a cow also for milk and eggs and the minister at the manse will be referee if you wish such. Yours affectionately, Morag McDugan. She is not thatched. Mary, reading the letter over my shoulder, dissolved into laughter.

Deciding privately to postpone acceptance of the Kentish offer, I wrote next morning to Morag McDugan, excusing myself to Mary by saying that a further reply might provide more amusement. I had to admit to myself, however, that the ingenuousness of the letter had so delighted me that the idea of a possible visit had already taken my fancy.

The reply from Morag already we were using her Christian name did not disappoint us. Her advice regarding travelling arrangements was clear; obviously she had been instructed by a seasoned traveller, but her answers to my questions about quietness and distance from the sea, etc.

Surely its that quiet here even the sheeps themselves on the hills is lonely and as to the sea its that near I use it myself every day for the refusals. Mary shuddered expressively. She stared at me, incredulous. Her words goaded me to a decision. It definitely held my interest. First I'll tell you how I came across this book. I had found one of Lillian Beckwith's books at a second hand store many months ago, and was instantly interested in it primarily because it had been signed by her.

I then looked her up and found that she's been deceased for some years now and that made it an instant must add to my collection because I'm a dork like that. I was about to read it recently then realized it was book 6 of 7 of her 'Skye Series'. Fast forward my super gripping story to a First I'll tell you how I came across this book. Fast forward my super gripping story to a month ago, and we find my wonderful wife and I in a different used book store.

I hear her say "Hey look, I found another Lillian Beckwith book! I got super excited and thankful because I'm a dork like that, I instantly look it up and get even more excited because it's book number 1 of said series. And what a lovely little book it is. Told from her perspective, Lillian Beckwith writes in a very proper English tongue one that speaks to you as if she is sitting right infront of you, telling you her story.

It softly rolls with such a gentle flow to it, like a compact little stream, confidently flowing along. This book is so very comforting. Sit down to read this on a cool cloudy spring or fall day with a tea in hand. For the most part, I couldn't put it down. I already have the other 6 on my to read list in which I'll have to do some deep used book store searching to find the 5 others as this isn't a very popular series.

But that's part of the fun in collecting books, isn't it. View all 4 comments. Apr 08, Joanne rated it it was amazing.

I love this book. I didn't want it to end. It's cold and rainy, I'll make hot buttered oatcakes and a pot of tea. Although Bruach is fictional and Lillian Beckwith in real life was a married woman, Beckwith and her husband Edward did move from England to Isle Of Skye in and ran a croft there for twenty years, so she knows of what she writes.

View all 10 comments. Jan 03, Kathleen Dixon rated it really liked it Shelves: humour , biography-autobiography-memoirs , scotland. I think it was the 6th book in this collection that I read years and years ago. I clearly enjoyed it because when I saw this boxed collection of six on a trading table I thought "Oh yes! My tastes obviously haven't changed over the years. I laughed and laughed.

I wonder, though, if I might perhaps have a bigger appreciation now I'm older or have had different experiences, perhaps is what I mean to say. For example, now that I've taught English as a Second Language I think it was the 6th book in this collection that I read years and years ago.

For example, now that I've taught English as a Second Language I have a greater appreciation of the wonderful humour there is in translation. I had a student who was learning that instead of saying "big letters" we say "capital letters". It made perfect sense for her to introduce me to her "capital son". Well, this book is full of lovely local idiomatic use of words which are very, very funny. I also think I read that 6th book when I was a teenager yes - a LONG time ago , and before I'd been briefly to Scotland, because I had some very clear memory-pictures of hills and wildness that I don't recall from the first reading.

Mind you, it's that long ago well - 35 years or so mayn't be that long to some people - I guess it depends on which generation you are. Now that's an interesting point - I wonder what the age range of GoodReads members is??

Anyway, I'm going to enjoy reading the rest of these. View 1 comment. These were family favorites when I was growing up. I think my Mom first picked this one up when we lived in Ireland circa I've read and still have copies of most of them, as do my sisters. Reliable comfort reads -- and very funny! She advertised for a place, and got a response from Morag McDugan in the Heb These were family favorites when I was growing up.

She advertised for a place, and got a response from Morag McDugan in the Hebrides. A rough sea crossing and a disreputable taxi brought her to her new home, where she and her luggage were flung over a wall to receive a warm and wonderful welcome. She also produced a delightful book. Oct 22, Linda rated it it was amazing Shelves: humorous-moments , s , a-slice-of-life , series , setting-in-scotland , historical-nonfiction-fiction-mix , open-library , semi-autobiography , small-town-living , ahhh-those-secondary-characters.

Set against the surrounding moors of Scotland, this was the first story in a series and a semi-autobiography. In truth, the author moved with her husband Edward to Elgol, Isle of Skye in Based on her experiences, she published 7 books from and beginning with this one.

Her undertaking was that original. The dialect and idiosyncrasies make the story truly unique. Though both her best friend and her doctor recommend against this, Miss Peckwitt -what the Scottish villagers call her- decided to go. And, oh, does she go! Morag was a hoot.

She was old at the beginning but a sweet dear. She lived in one of two houses located at Number Wait until you read about Ms. Apparently in this neck of the woods there was only one church to be shared by two denominations at the same time! Two words: collection bag s. Let me tell you about one lonely sheep and fourteen miles. I continually found myself shaking my head with a smile on my face.

Better yet, just read the story. You can see where I am going. If you luck out and find a copy of this book, cherish it.

If not, go to Open Library and read it at no cost. As I did. View all 5 comments. May 18, Sam Schulman rated it it was amazing. This part of the "Hebridean Omnibus" is one of the great re-readable books - a true-ish memoir of a London lady of middle years and a little bit of money who spends a few months recovering from an illness on a remote Hebridean island, falls in love with it and moves there, originally published It is one of the precursors of the A Year in Provence genre, only a hundred times better, less self-conscious, less class-conscious though less "matey," more observant, less sick-making, and compl This part of the "Hebridean Omnibus" is one of the great re-readable books - a true-ish memoir of a London lady of middle years and a little bit of money who spends a few months recovering from an illness on a remote Hebridean island, falls in love with it and moves there, originally published It is one of the precursors of the A Year in Provence genre, only a hundred times better, less self-conscious, less class-conscious though less "matey," more observant, less sick-making, and completely hilarious.

Although completely decent, Beckwith teaches the observant more about the fundamentals of intersexual relations in Scotland than the human mind can really comprehend. On the other hand, if the person with whom you share your life and hearth is the kind of person who dislikes being read snippets aloud in bed and who doesn't hate that , this is not the book for you. But as one with a wide experience of life and letters, my advice is to just go ahead and read this despite the very real risk.

You will more easily replace a cherished lover whom your reading of Beckwith aloud in bed has driven away than you will find a better book. But wait, you've got to hear this - the village dance where the admission charge is "Men is 4s. I tend to gravitate to this kind of memoir in which the author discovers a new location and culture and then shares the ensuing attempts to better understand the people who live there. However this one lacked appeal for me because, even though Beckwith wrote with an intended humorous slant and claimed to love her new home and friends, her portrayal of the islanders came across as patronizing and mockingly mean-spirited.

Re-live her experiences of the market day punch-up, the attempt to tow some cows from an even more remote island in a small rowing boat behind a rickety fishing boat and, above all, the funeral of Ian Mor. Posting Komentar. Re-live her experiences of the market day punch-up, the attempt to tow some cows from an even more remote island in a small rowing boat behind a rickety fishing boat and, above all, the funeral of Ian Mor Doesn't every parent want a chance to be a better parent?.

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