The Weatherhouse
Nan Shepherd, Amy Liptrot (introduction)‘A blazingly brilliant writer’ - Robert Macfarlane
The women of the tiny town of Fetter-Rothnie have grown used to a life without men, & none more so than the tangle of mothers & daughters, spinsters and widows living at the Weatherhouse. Returned from war with shellshock, Garry Forbes is drawn into their circle as he struggles to build a new understanding of the world from the ruins of his grief.
In The Weatherhouse Nan Shepherd paints an exquisite portrait of a community coming to terms with the brutal losses of war, and & small tragedies, yearnings & delusions that make up a life.
“Spellbinding”
ALI SMITH
“A blazingly brilliant writer … She’s so far ahead of us - we’re always only starting to catch Nan up. Philosophically & stylistically, she was extraordinary”
ROBERT MACFARLANE
“Pressingly modern … Pinpoints timeless philosophical debates about the naming of things & our relationship to the environment”
AMY LIPTROT
“Shepherd is a fierce looker. And like many fierce lookers, she is also a mystic”
Guardian
“Largely unrecognised during her lifetime, Nan Shepherd is finally being acclaimed for her literary legacy - and her books are influencing a whole new generation of writers … The Weatherhouse - Shepherd’s 2nd novel … widely considered her best”
CHITRA RAMASWAMY
The Scotsman
Anna (Nan) Shepherd was born in 1893 & died in 1981. Closely attached to Aberdeen &her native Deeside, she graduated from her home university in 1915 & for the next forty-one years worked as a lecturer in English. An enthusiastic gardener & hill-walker, she made many visits to the Cairngorms with students & friends. She also travelled further afield - to Norway, France, Italy, Greece & South Africa - but always returned to the house where she was raised & where she lived almost
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