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A Gift From The Gallowgate
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A Gift From The Gallowgate
Doris Davidson's Aberdeen saga of family, hardship, and hard-won happiness
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About the Ebook
This is the extraordinary story of a remarkable woman.
Doris Davidson was born in Aberdeen in 1922, the daughter of a master butcher and country lass. Her idyllic childhood was shattered in 1934 with the death of her father, after which, in order to make ends meet, her mother was forced to take in lodgers. In part due to her father's sudden death, Doris left school at fifteen and went to work in an office, gradually rising through the ranks until she became book-keeper. Marriage to an officer in the Merchant Navy followed in 1942, then divorce, then her second marriage. Her life took the first of two major changes in direction at the age of 41, when she went back to college to study for O and A levels, followed by three years at Teacher Training College. In 1967 she became a primary school teacher, and subsequently taught in schools in Aberdeen until she retired in 1982. Not content with a quiet retirement Doris embarked on a new 'career' and became a writer, publishing her first work in 1990. Eight books later (and another one nearly finished), she is one of the country's best-loved romantic novelists and has sold well in excess of 200,000 copies of her books.
In this engaging and candid autobiography, Doris Davidson recounts her growing up in Aberdeen in the '20s and '30's, the war years, her marriage and the unexpected paths her career has followed. With her novelist's skill, she brings into vivid focus a life of rich experience in a book every bit as riveting as her works of fiction.
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Follow a Gallowgate family through generations of struggle and resilience
- Experience Doris Davidson's gift for warm, true-to-life Aberdeen storytelling
- Discover a saga that captures the spirit of working-class Scottish life
- Read another celebrated title from Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher
About the Author
Doris Davidson was born in Aberdeen in 1922, the daughter of a master butcher and country lass. In 1967 she became a primary school teacher, and subsequently taught in schools in Aberdeen until she retired in 1982 to become a writer, publishing her first work in 1990. Thirteen novels, one collection of short stories and an acclaimed autobiography – A Gift from the Gallowgate – later she was firmly established as one of the country's best-loved romantic novelists. Doris died in June 2012.Publication Details
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Publication Date: 10 December 2012
Print Length: 384 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9780857905215
Format: Ebook
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