A Childhood in Scotland - Hardcover

Miller, Christian

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ISBN 10: 0719538300 ISBN 13: 9780719538308

Publisher: John Murray General Publishing Division, 1981

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About the Author:

Christian Miller, the youngest of a family of six, was born in 1920. Brought up on her father's estate in the highlands of Scotland, she was educated by governesses. After the death of her father, the estate was inherited by her elder brother, and the rest of the family moved to London, where – at eighteen – she became a debutante. During the Second World War, having started as an aircraft fitter working on heavy bombers, she became a technical adviser in the Ministry of Production. She married during the war and had two daughters, and it was not until the 1960s that she started writing, beginning with short stories, which were widely translated. A Childhood in Scotland (1981) first appeared in The New Yorker, and received a Scottish Arts Council Book Award in 1982.

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Growing up in an ancient castle and being the daughter of the "Monarch of the Glen" sounds wonderfully romantic. But this memoir is nothing of the sort. We hear about the austere, lonely life experienced by the author/reader growing up in a home in which children were not to be coddled or indulged. Christian Miller tells her own story in a flat world-weary voice that not only gives a clear picture of life in the castle, but also conveys the emotionally deadening effect of her harsh upbringing. Listening to this production is like having tea with an elderly relative who takes the time to tell you absolutely everything about her life as a little girl. It is a literate and unusual presentation of oral history. D.L.G. � AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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