Authors: Margaret Elphinstone
B0046ZREEU EBOK (33 page)
Margaret Elphinstone is the author of three novels:
The
Incomer
(1987),
A Sparrow
’
s Flight
(1989) and
Islanders
(1994). She also writes short stories, including the collection
An Apple From a
Tree
(1990) and poetry, including one collection,
Outside
Eden
(1991). She has published two books on organic gardening. She lives in Glasgow, and teaches in the Department of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde.
First published in Great Britain in 2000
by Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2010
by Canongate Books
Copyright © Margaret Elphinstone, 2000
The moral right of the author has been asserted
The author gratefully acknowledges subsidy from
the Scottish Arts Council while writing this book
The publishers gratefully acknowledge subsidy from the
Scottish Arts Council towards the publication of this volume
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is
available on request from the British Library
ISBN 978 0 85786 057 6
Typeset by Hewer Text Ltd, Edinburgh
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