{"product_id":"the-scottish-gallery-book-club-august-2021-auntie-robbo","title":"The Scottish Gallery Book Club - August 2021: Auntie Robbo by Ann Scott Moncrieff","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt's our pleasure to be working in collaboration with\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/scottish-gallery.co.uk\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/scottish-gallery.co.uk\/\"\u003eThe Scottish Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto help run The Scottish Gallery Book Club, a literary companion for their monthly event programming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEach month, the accompanying book will be a complimentary selection for themes and ideas explored within the new exhibition. We invite you, as readers and appreciators of the arts,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to read the book and \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003efeedback your thoughts to The Scottish Gallery in a \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/scottishgallery\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/scottishgallery\/\"\u003edirect message on Instagram\u003c\/a\u003e. They will feature reader responses in their highlights or stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis month we have selected titles to accompany The Scottish Gallery's major exhibition of Joan Eardley for the Edinburgh Art Festival to mark the centenary of her birth. \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scottish-gallery.co.uk\/exhibitions\/joan-eardley-centenary\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJoan Eardley Centenary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e exhibition includes her most celebrated subjects: the streets and children of Townhead, Glasgow and her wild, spiritual home at Catterline on the Kincardineshire coast. \u003cem\u003eJoan Eardley Centenary\u003c\/em\u003e sets out to highlight her as one of Scotland’s greatest talents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur selections for the August 2021 Book Club are \u003cem\u003eSunset Song\u003c\/em\u003e by Lewis Grassic Gibbon and \u003cem\u003eAuntie Robbo\u003c\/em\u003e by Ann Scott Moncrieff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuntie Robbo\u003c\/em\u003e by Ann Scott Moncrieff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOriginally refused publication in London because it was deemed critical of the English, this fabulous YA novel tells the story of Hector, an 11-year-old boy living near Edinburgh with his great auntie Robbo who is in her eighties. A woman calling herself his step-mother arrives from England and Hector and Auntie Robbo realise that they have to run away. The chase leads all over the north of Scotland, narrowly escaping police and the authorities (while adopting three homeless children on the way). An anarchic Scottish classic!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/the-scottish-gallery-book-club-august-2021-sunset-song-lewis-grassic-gibbon\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunset Song\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e by Lewis Grassic Gibbon (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/the-scottish-gallery-book-club-august-2021-sunset-song-lewis-grassic-gibbon\"\u003ethis title can be purchased here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFaced with a choice between a harsh farming life and the world of books and learning, Chris Guthrie chooses to remain in her rural community, bound by her intense love of the land. But everything changes with the arrival of the First World War and Chris finds her land altered beyond recognition. One of the greatest and most heartbreaking love stories ever told, Sunset Song offers a powerful portrait of a land and people in turmoil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scotland Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39632300146736,"sku":"9781910895146","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/products\/9781910895146.jpg?v=1627305755","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/the-scottish-gallery-book-club-august-2021-auntie-robbo","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}