So to cloak their tales, Ruth tells her stories when Liska is at work, to a background of shrieking seabirds Liska tells hers when Ruth is asleep, with the lighthouse sweeping its steady beam through the window. A Portable Shelter won the Gavin Wallace Fellowship and Things We Say in the Dark. In their tiny, sea-beaten cottage on the north coast of Scotland, Liska and Ruth await the birth of their first child. 9781784702342 A Portable Shelter 28.4000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/contemporary A collection of magical stories from the author of The Gracekeepers and The Rental Heartīut they must keep their storytelling a secret from one another, as they've agreed to only ever tell the plain truth. Kirsty Logan and Heather Parry - Imaginative, Intoxicating Fiction.

A collection of magical stories from the author of The Gracekeepers and The Rental Heartīut they must keep their storytelling a secret from one another, as they've agreed to only ever tell the plain truth. In their tiny, sea-beaten cottage on the north coast of Scotland, Liska and Ruth await the birth of their first child.Įach passes the time by telling the baby stories, trying to pass on the lessons they've learned- tales of circuses and stargazing, selkie fishermen and domestic werewolves, child-eating witches and broken-toothed dragons.īut they must keep their storytelling a secr. Her first novel, The Gracekeepers, won a Lambda Literary Award and was selected for the Radio 2 Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club. A collection of magical stories from the author of The Gracekeepers and The Rental Heart

A portable shelter by kirsty logan