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Corrag

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She found acceptance as a natural healer, a special relationship, and relative peace in her new surroundings. Corrag herself is a wonderful free spirited character who dwells in her world without Kings and religion to answer to and she lives her life doing good and carrying on the traditions of her mother and those that have gone before her. As Leslie listens and absorbs Corrag’s thoughts and beliefs about the heart and the beauty in the small moments and nature, he begins a transformation into a man who can only believe that this kind and good-natured girl has only ever been so to the world and those she has encountered.

Their shadows are thin, and to ride through these shadows on my mare felt like breaking them--but they sealed themselves again, in our wake. She is half-naked, dressed in thin rags which are crusted with mud and blood and all manner of filth… I partly wondered if she was human at all… her high, girlish voice spoke of kindness and good deeds – but I am not tricked by that.The novel's structure alternates between Corrag telling her story to a minister over a series of days before she is to be executed and his letters home to his wife.

When she finally reaches Glencoe she finds a place – and a people – to whom, almost against her will, she becomes deeply attached. Author Susan Fletcher was inspired by the historical stories of Charles Leslie and the struggle of the Highland clans to survive the political turmoil of late 1600's, so she wrote a story to ignite a spark of knowledge and understanding in the reader, and she has Corrags magical gift for storytelling ignite a spark of knowledge and understanding in Charles which he then pays forward as well.

I’ve been mostly out of doors, on my own, with no soul but my own to talk to—so when I have a person with me I talk and talk and talk. The historical details of this book are woven into the story like a delicate and beautiful spider web, soft and seemingly fragile – not overbearing – but with strength and grace and functionality. A great read for anyone who enjoys novels set in Scotland or readers who enjoy historical fiction where a story is created around an epic event. With Corrag she steps 300 years into the past, but these twin trademarks are as much in evidence as ever. Si vous cherchez une lecture sympa pour Halloween cette année pendant ce mois d’octobre je vais lire pour la première fois une sélection spéciale Halloween 🎃 si vous avez des recommandations n’hésitez pas.

I'm not sure if that's why I waited so long to read this, or if I just wasn't ever in the mood at any given point, but I finally decided to take the plunge and let the chips fall where they may.

But maybe the best thing I learnt was this: that we cannot know a person's soul and nature until we've sat beside them, and talked. It is the story of a young tiny female fairy, a witch, a healer, a lover of nature, an angel, so pure, so sweet, so giving, so loving, so unentitled that even a tiny wave of the hand, any small token of thanks, any crumb of affection is greatly appreciated. Foul, too, is its inmate whose high, girlish voice spoke of kindness and good deeds - but I am not tricked by that. Oystercatchers is the work of a seriously talented young author in possession of one of the most poetic and original voices working now.

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