The Valley at the Centre of the World - by Malachy Tallack (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>Set against the rugged west coast of Shetland, in a community faced with extinction, <i>The Valley at the Centre of the World </i>is a novel about love and grief, family and inheritance, rapid change and an age-old way of life. The exquisite debut novel from one of Scotland's most exciting new writers</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>'The thing he felt ending was not just one person, or even one generation; it was older, and had, in truth, been ending for a long time . . . It was a chain of stories clinging to stories, of love clinging to love. It was an inheritance he did not know how to pass on.'</i> Shetland: a place of sheep and soil, of harsh weather, close ties and an age-old way of life. A place where David has lived all his life, like his father and grandfather before him, but where he abides only in the present moment. A place where Sandy, a newcomer but already a crofter, may have finally found a home. A place that Alice has fled to after the death of her husband. But times do change - island inhabitants die, or move away, and David worries that no young families will take over the chain of stories and care that this valley has always needed, while others wonder if it was ever truly theirs to join. In the wind and sun and storms from the Atlantic, these islanders must decide: what is left of us when the day's work is done, the children grown, and all our choices have been made? The debut novel from one of our most exciting new literary voices<i>, The Valley at the Centre of the World</i> is a story about community and isolation, about what is passed down, and what is lost between the cracks.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A desperately beautiful novel. Tallack writes with such tenderness for his characters and quiet awe for the patch of earth he places them upon. Now that I've turned the last page, I find myself experiencing a strange kind of loneliness--SARA BAUME, author of SPILL SIMMER FAL<br><br>Beautiful writing, totally believable characters and a really evocative sense of place. A triumph--NICOLA STURGEON, First Minister of Sco<br><br>What I've been waiting for: a moving, authentic novel of the Scottish islands in the twenty-first century--AMY LIPTROT, Sunday Times Be<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Malachy Tallack</b> is the author of two non-fiction titles, <i>60 Degrees North</i> and <i>The Un-Discovered Islands</i>. Both fused nature writing, history and memoir; the first was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Award and the second was named Illustrated Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards in 2016. Malachy won a New Writers Award from the Scottish Book Trust in 2014 and the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship in 2015. He is a singer-songwriter as well as a writer and journalist and lives in Glasgow. <br>@malachytallack malachytallack.com
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