Kirjahaku

Set in the mid-19th century, Broomielaw is an epic novel about Scottish emigration. It introduces us to families and other characters who decide to leave their homeland in search of a better life in Australia or New Zealand. The novel is divided into three parts - the reasons for leaving, the journey by sea and ... for some, but not all ... the arrival. *****5 Star review on Goodreads "Excellent read, researched well and good storyline to go with it. *****5 Star review on Amazon Australia.."..I just couldn't put the book down as I just wanted to know what happened next. .....To think I nearly didn't purchase it but thought why not, give it a try and boy was I rewarded."

Humorous, informative and oddly intriguing Scottish questions are answered. After the success of the internationally bestselling "Does Anything Eat Wasps?", here are all the particularly Scottish questions people never knew they wanted answered, like: Is it true that most Scottish fishermen can't swim? How do you go about proving your claim to the throne of Scotland? Where in Scotland is the wettest place in Europe? Are Aberdonians really the dourest of the dour and meanest of the mean? Was Scotland really named after a bunch of Irish pirates? Was high-rise housing such a bad idea? Are half the children in Scotland now born to unmarried parents? What makes Scots angry? And has anyone ever been killed by Highland midges? A wheen of queries about Scotland and the Scots, this is a miscellany of the unlikely but true in one of the strangest wee countries in the world. With one hundred questions handily arranged by category, "Does Anyone Like Midges?" is a compendium of the most perplexing and timeless Scottish questions, big and not-so-big, that have somehow escaped answer until now, each one authoritatively dealt with in a manner sure to illuminate and flabbergast in equal measure.