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The news frae Moidart cam yestreen will soon gar mony ferlie...

Welcome everyone to the Flight of the Heron read-along! I'm delighted by the amount of interest there's been in this lovely book recently, and I hope this will be a great opportunity to discuss it in more depth.

Some notes:

A reminder of where to find the novel as a free ebook and a free audiobook.

My plan is to cover two chapters in most weeks, but I thought we'd start with just the Prologue, partly to provide a gentle introduction and partly because it makes it easier to split the rest of the book up in a way that makes sense.

We have a mixture of people re-reading the book and people reading it for the first time participating, so, if you've read the book before and would like to discuss earlier chapters in the context of what happens later on, please warn for or hide spoilers! I suggest using rot13, if that works for everyone.

Next week we'll read Part I chapters 1 and 2, and meet Keith Windham...

Date: Sep. 26th, 2021 01:11 pm (UTC)
owl: Stylized barn owl (Default)
From: [personal profile] owl
This chapter has a similar feeling to me of novels set around the outbreak of WW1. The young men excited to go to war, with no idea that their lives and the whole fabric of their society is about to change forever.

Date: Sep. 26th, 2021 03:52 pm (UTC)
dr_zook: (esca & marcus)
From: [personal profile] dr_zook
I think one could write some very interesting meta on her portrayal of the disruption and ruin of Highland society during and after the '45 in Flight of the Heron and Gleam in the North and her own experiences of the effects of World War I.

I would definitely read it! :)
Edited Date: Sep. 26th, 2021 03:52 pm (UTC)

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