Sandra Macpherson
Autore di A Strange and Wild Place
Sull'Autore
Sandra Macpherson is an associate professor of English at the Ohio State University.
Fonte dell'immagine: Sandra MacPherson, author of "A Strange and Wild Place" and "People of the Wildcat Country"
Opere di Sandra Macpherson
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Badenoch, Scotland, UK (Glentruim estate)
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Perthshire, Scotland, UK (birth) - Attività lavorative
- author
Writer
Nurse
Musician (Really Terrible Orchestra, Edinburgh) - Relazioni
- MacPherson, Euan (spouse)
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 13
- Popolarità
- #774,335
- Voto
- 2.5
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 4
Sandra tells short stories about their life to try and turn the estate in to a going concern and fund the private education of their two children. She starts up holiday lets, which continue now, wrote a cookery book, designed needlework kits and got involved in fashion.
She also tells about the MacPherson Clan gatherings, local events and shooting parties for groups of German tourists and stories about her family life, how it is to live in such a grand house and the ghosts.
Some of this is interesting. However, it is let down by a writing style that leaves ideas and concepts hanging; short sentences and statements, she never quite conjures up a full picture of this life and the end result is a light brush stroke that is generally unsatisfying.… (altro)