*** TWELVE LIGHT YEARS - 2002 EDITION - MARGARET AITKEN

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BY MARGARET AITKEN

THIS BOOK IS THE 2002 EDITION

SOFT COVER

BIRLINN LIMITED, EDINBURGH

THE COVER IS INTACT WITH MINOR SHELF WEAR

THERE ARE NO INSCRIPTIONS

INSIDE, THE PAGES ARE CLEAN AND IN VERY GOOD READING CONDITION

156 PAGES

WITH 8 PAGES OF BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS PLUS DRAWINGS, AS ILLUSTRATION

Two lighthouses - Stroma in the Pentland Firth and Buchan Ness off the Aberdeenshire coast - were Orkney-born Margaret Aitken's life and home between 1954 and 1966, while her husband, Jimmy, was a lighthouse keeper.  This is the story of the peculiar problems of everyday life which these strange homes threw up: shopping, cooking and keeping stores, having visitors and occupying leisure time - all acquired a new dimension.  With just a handful of neighbours on Stroma for company and a wild stretch of water separating the island from Caithness and Orkney, she and her husband became deeply interested in the natural history of their island home.  She vividly recalls the abundant wildlife and flora and fauna around her and reveals much of the lore, legend and history of this now deserted island.

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