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The Trials of Mary Johnsdaughter
The Trials of Mary Johnsdaughter
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In 1773, in Shetland, Mary Johnsdaughter is accused of adultery and faces the trials of the kirk. Will she survive the humiliation and become an outcast, or will one moment cost her everything? This tale of Shetland folk is based on Shetlandic voices and real parish records.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 15 June 2022
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
Shetland, 1773: a land of hand-to-mouth living and tight-knit community ties, overshadowed by the ever-watchful eye of the kirk, an institution 'run by old men, for old men.' In this fictionalized retelling of historical events, young Waas lass Mary Johnsdaughter stands accused of sinning in the eyes of the church after the Batchelor, a ship bursting with emigrants seeking new lives in North Carolina, is left stranded upon Shetland's shores. Will she survive the humiliation? Will she become an outcast? Will one moment cost her everything? A tale of Shetland folk woven out of Shetlandic voices and real parish records, The Trials of Mary Johnsdaughter pits the bonds of friends and family against the grip of the kirk. Only one thing is clear: then as now, 'There's no easy living in a peerie place.'
Shetland, 1773: a land of hand-to-mouth living and tight-knit community ties, overshadowed by the ever-watchful eye of the kirk, an institution 'run by old men, for old men.' In this fictionalized retelling of historical events, young Waas lass Mary Johnsdaughter stands accused of sinning in the eyes of the church after the Batchelor, a ship bursting with emigrants seeking new lives in North Carolina, is left stranded upon Shetland's shores. Will she survive the humiliation? Will she become an outcast? Will one moment cost her everything? A tale of Shetland folk woven out of Shetlandic voices and real parish records, The Trials of Mary Johnsdaughter pits the bonds of friends and family against the grip of the kirk. Only one thing is clear: then as now, 'There's no easy living in a peerie place.'
Weight: 260g
Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781910022566
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