{"product_id":"9781849955997-leaving-lethinnis","title":"Leaving Lethinnis","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a sequel to the earlier Life in Lethinnis, this book provides a further series of stories about life on a remote West Highland croft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this sequel to \u003cem\u003eLife in Lethinnis\u003c\/em\u003e, Rory offers a further collection of pen-portraits from those early years in the place he has called Lochuisge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Lillian Beckwith’s \u003cem\u003eThe Hills is Lonely\u003c\/em\u003e, or Sybil Armstrong’s \u003cem\u003eA Croft in Clachan\u003c\/em\u003e, the anecdotes inevitably revolve around the strong characters that made up this isolated community and became part of everyday life. With the author continuing to earn a living as a professional biologist, the characters featured are both human and animal as the various tales capture the atmosphere of living and working in this tight-knit community into which he and his wife were so immediately welcomed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 20 years leading a research group in wildlife biology at the University of Southampton, Rory Putman decided to ‘retire’ to the Highlands of Scotland, moving with his wife to a croft at the edge of a small and somewhat inaccessible village on the west coast. In the same vein as the well-received \u003cem\u003eLife in Lethinnis,\u003c\/em\u003e he offers a further collection of cameos from those first few years as they moved into and settled in their remote smallholding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author’s intimate writing style draws the reader with him into the heart of that same community. But in this sequel there is perhaps a greater darkness as Putman registers that life on the Peninsula is changing and that he is in effect chronicling the end of an era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55731972342134,"sku":"9781849955997","price":14.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39356285_c9127fd1-5a5a-4462-a006-04c2246b3b56.jpg?v=1767839557","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781849955997-leaving-lethinnis","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}