Publisher's Synopsis
From the bestselling author of SNOWBALL ORANGES A brimming and lively broth of memories ranging from eccentric rural characters, drunken ghosts, bullocks in bedrooms to country superstitions. East Lothian is "The Garden of Scotland" and the setting of this delightfully idiosyncratic story of country life. Often hilarious, always heartfelt and at times sad, here unfold the ups and downs of four generations of one farming family in this amazing landscape. Young Peter Kerr, the peedie boy who sets his heart on filling his somewhat eccentric grandfather's straw-lined wellies, grows up to run the family farm which puts his ability to see the funny side of things to good use, as adversities crop up with an intriguing regulariry...
