{"product_id":"letting-go","title":"Letting Go","description":"\u003c!-- Hook --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA meditation on acceptance, transformation, and finding peace.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Tagline --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers seeking thoughtful reflections on change and personal growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Access Your Content --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 16px; border-radius: 6px; background: #f9f9f9; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eAccess Your Content in Seconds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete your purchase on our store.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (free).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLog in using the same email from checkout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour ebook will appear instantly in your library.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"\u003eAll content is securely delivered through our app and not offered as a Shopify download.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- About the Ebook --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe twelve stories in Letting Go take us on a journey through landscape, language and turbulent times, from the mid-19th century to the present day, and into the future. Stevenson's array of characters from many walks of life and nationalities – including a traveller, a wood carver, chicken farm workers, a nurse, an architect and a magician – meet and part, some becoming reacquainted. Themes exploring identity, creativity and the environment, echo and connect throughout the different narratives, sometimes carried in snatches of song. The author leads us outward from her native Scottish Borders to Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Gàidhealtachd, south to England, across the Atlantic to Apartheid South Africa and, finally, to the melting Arctic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-sleek-node-id=\"uc8RVR\"\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"xH6BmU\"\u003eWhat is instantly striking – apart from the breathtaking, page-turning fluency with which Stevenson writes both in English, and in a powerful and lyrical Border Scots – is how many of the stories are explicitly about love; both the radical, life-changing force of romantic and sexual love, and the equal weight of love that binds a woman to a grown child with special needs, and special insights.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong data-sleek-node-id=\"gqFKMV\"\u003eJOYCE MCMILLAN, THE SCOTSMAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-sleek-node-id=\"7mH71D\"\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"nHSuhl\"\u003eIt’s an entertaining read […] Short and sweet! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-sleek-node-id=\"9BfSWH\"\u003eSCOTTISH FIELD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-sleek-node-id=\"ca4WqE\"\u003eLetting Go \u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"Vs6RVK\"\u003eis a fine collection of stories that deserve to be widely read. Stevenson has previously shown how good a poet she is and this collection shows how equally good she is at writing prose.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-sleek-node-id=\"raogBj\"\u003eCULTURE MATTERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-sleek-node-id=\"4hZFIz\"\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"TMCpzK\"\u003eAn inspiring and thought-provoking book\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cstrong data-sleek-node-id=\"iLECY8\"\u003eDR SYLVIA WARNECKE, THE OPEN UNIVERSITY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Why You'll Love This Ebook --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy You'll Love This Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thoughtful meditation on acceptance and change.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInsights into transformation and finding peace.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by Luath Press, Scotland's leading independent publisher.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for readers seeking reflections on personal growth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- About the Author --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGerda Stevenson is an award-winning writer, actor, theatre, director and singer-songwriter. She has worked on stage, television, radio, film and in opera, throughout the UK and abroad, and is a recipient of Scottish Arts Council and Creative Scotland writers' bursaries. Her stage play. Federer versus Murray, directed by the author, toured to New York in 2012, and was published there by Salmagundi. In 2014 she was nominated as Scots Singer of the Year for the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, following the launch of an album of her own songs Night Touches Day. She has written extensively for radio, including original plays and dramatisations of Scottish novels. Her poetry collections If This Were Real (Smokestack Books 2013) and Quines: Poems in Tribute to Women of Scotland (Luath Press, 1st edition 2018, 2nd edition 2020) have been published in Rome by Edizioni Ensemble in Italian translations by Laura Maniero, 2017 and 2021, respectively. She wrote the biographical introduction and a series of poems for the book Inside \u0026amp; Out: The Art of Christian Small, (Scotland Street Press, 2019). She collaborated with Scottish landscape photographer Allan Wright on their book Edinburgh, for which she wrote the introduction and a sequence of twenty-two poems (Allan Wright Photographic, 2019). In 2021, she directed a film of George Mackay Brown's play The Storm Watchers, for the St Magnus International Festival. A seasoned performer, she won a BAFTA Best Film Actress award for her role in Margaret Tait's feature film Blue Black Permanent, and is the founder of Stellar Quines, Scotland's leading women's theatre company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Publication Details --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Luath Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 06 December 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint Length:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176 pages (Ebook edition)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (Ebook):\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781804250075\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- FAQ --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow do I access my ebook?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and log in using the same email you used at checkout. 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