THE WHITE APRON
by CHRISTINE EYRES
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Pub Date 1 Aug 2015 | Archive Date 3 Oct 2020
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Description
Born on a farm outside Edinburgh in the mid-nineteenth century, Agnes Watt is embraced by family, community and tradition.
Her youthful hopes and dreams are quashed but she falls in love and marries William Miller, a Gordon Highlander.
Life spirals into dark places as the couple becomes ensnared in the nightmare that descended on the Scottish working-class during the industrial revolution.
The triumphs of the great Victorian era came at an appalling human cost and Agnes fights against disease and grinding poverty. She tries to keep her family safe as tragedy stalks them in an age known in Glasgow as 'the slaughter of the innocents'.
The friendship of other women and her unshakable belief in education strengthens her resolve. Will she endure to rise above the cruellest blow of all?
Advance Praise
"4.0 out of 5 stars A great read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 April 2019
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I have just finished reading The White Apron and thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish - despite the tragic lives of characters found within. You are taken on a journey right in to the heart of the Edinburgh and Glasgow slums of the late 19th century that it's almost a surprise to not to hear the hawkers and smell the stench of the streets when you look up from the pages, so vivid are her descriptions of life at this time for the working class Scots and Irish. I finished the book days ago but Agnes, her friends and her family keep popping in to my mind making me wonder where they are and what they are doing now, which is testament to the authors characterization. More than once I've counted my lucky stars I was born a century and a half after these incredible women though I would still like to meet them! A great read which I highly recommend."
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| ISBN | 9780646997278 |
| PRICE | US$8.99 (USD) |
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Alicia M, Reviewer
What an incredible story about endurance, survival, and fleshing out those small, meaningful moments in life that can dull the aching pains of life's hardest seasons.
Bonnye Reed F, Reviewer
The White Apron takes place in Scotland between 1959-1909. We follow the life of Agnes, a farmer's daughter, who marries a soldier/cobbler and begins a journey that will carry her and generations of her family all across Scotland. Aggie is a woman with lots of good common sense which was very necessary during those trying years, Scotland overrun with the influx of the Irish during their potato famine, and fighting the social mores of the time that kept women silently in the back of the bus.
There is an excellent glossary of Scottish slang, and each chapter is begun with a verse from Robbie Burns. This was an excellent look into a more primitive period of time we most likely won't have to experience in our lifetime, though the news makes that look more and more likely... I received a free electronic ARC of this novel from Netgalley, Christine Eyres, and BooksGoSocial. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read this novel of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work.
