Reading Roots - Homecoming Scotland 2009

Sense of history

Careless

Careless

by Deborah Robertson

Eight-year-old Pearl tries very hard to get things right. In their cramped apartment, she watches over her small brother and manages her mother's happiness, while carefully guarding her private passions. But the events of a summer's day are about to change Pearl's world, and nothing may ever be right again.

Suggested by David Kenvyn

 
On the Trail of the Real Macbeth, King of Alba

On the Trail of the Real Macbeth, King of Alba

by Cameron Taylor

So Birnam Wood didn't come to Dunsinane, there weren't any witches and Lady MacBeth did not have trouble with her washing. This is still a fascinating story of a real man.

Suggested by David Kenvyn

 
Crimelord: The True Story of Tam McGraw

Crimelord: The True Story of Tam McGraw

by David Leslie

Caught up in Glasgow's notorious 'ice cream wars' of the early 1980s, Tam McGraw was the leader of the Barlanark Team, a gang of robbers who caused havoc in central Scotland over a period of some 15 years. Told through friends, fellow crooks and occasional rivals, this is a true gangster story.

Suggested by David Kenvyn