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THE FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOROF WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER IFWOMEN ROSE ROOTED
' You and me against theworld , you used to sing. In the days before it became you and me againsteach other.' Cat Munro - who has never takena day off in her working life - quits her corporate job and starts flyinglessons in a small plane over the Arizona desert, confronting her fear not onlyof death, but of life. Her mother, Laura, moves back to the Scottish villagewhere she spent the first years of her marriage to Cat's abusive father. Thoughthey are apart, the past connects mother and daughter, haunts them, binds them. From the excoriating heat ofthe Arizona desert to the misty flow of a Highland sea-loch, Sharon Blackie'ssoaring first novel presents us with the transformative power of landscape, andof storytelling, in women's lives. Above all, The LongDelirious Burning Blue is a story of courage, endurance and redemption. 'It isthat rarity, a first novel that smacks of not merely confidence, but authority... The ending is powerful,filmic, and achieving the kind of symmetry that novels often aspire to, butrarely reach.' The ScotsmanAuthor Notes
Dr Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, lectures and workshops are focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myths, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today. As well as writing five books of fiction and non-fiction, including the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted and her latest, Hagitude, her writing has appeared in anthologies, collections and in several international media outlets - among them the Guardian, the Irish Times and the Scotsman. Her books have been translated into several languages, and she has been interviewed by the BBC, US public radio and other broadcasters on her areas of expertise. Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has taught and lectured at several academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world.
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Catriona is a high-powered lawyer with a steady job who hasn't spoken to her mother, Laura, in years. Upon turning 40, she decides to conquer her fear of flying by becoming a pilot. Laura has moved back to Scotland, the country of her birth, and realizes that in her older age, she has alienated the daughter she wanted only to love. With the help of flights, postcards, and stories written in letters, through memories and sharp-edged conversations, mother and daughter grapple with loss, separation, distrust, and hatred to find their way back to some kind of parallel understanding and a recognition of the unbreakable bond that has kept them both together and apart for years. With her blunt, gorgeous writing style and characters that seem to jump right off the page, Blackie (Hagitude, 2022) has written a stunning, meaningful novel that will leave the reader forever changed by the time they reach the book's beautifully crafted, inevitable ending. The Long Delirious Burning Blue is an absolute keeper.
