Charlotte is born in 1874 in a farmworker's cottage in Glenbuchat, West Aberdeenshire. Eldest of six in as many years, her main role is to rock the cradle of the latest baby.
Until one decisive day.
"Bairn of the moors and fields,' he whispered,'the wee lassickie. But she has to move on too. We must giver her this chance.'
Charlotte's Towie grandparents offer a wider world, new people, habits and customs. Then there's schoold and it complexities and challenges, and, the taboo of speaking Scots - her first language. How does six-year-old Charlotte cope?
In her new grown-up teaching life in Shetland Charlotte has to learn to cope with love, life, loss and unimagined responsibilities.
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