As their tales build and grow along with their child, Liska and Ruth realise that the truth lives in their stories, and they cannot hide from one another. 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. But each must keep their storytelling a secret from the other, as they’ve agreed to only ever tell the plain truth. They spend their time telling stories to the unborn baby, 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. In their tiny, sea-beaten cottage on the north coast of Scotland, Liska and Ruth await the birth of their first child. Home > Fiction from Scotland > A Portable Shelter A Portable Shelter By (author) Kirsty Logan
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