Beautiful Just! [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Lillian Beckwith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1991

The island of Bruach provides the setting for more stories of life among the crofters. Packed with hilarious incident and evocative descriptions of glorious landscape and wildlife, Beautiful Just! is an enchanting evocation of crofting life in the Hebrides.

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Editorial Reviews

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‘absorbing…its humour is happy, easy and natural’ – -- The Mirror

‘hilarious’ -- The Sunday Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Lillian Beckwith (Lillian Comber) was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, in 1916. She went to live in the Hebrides before the Second World War and stayed there for nearly twenty years, living first on Elgol, Isle of Skye, and later on the nearby and smaller Isle of Soay. Her hilarious initiation into crofting life is captured in the heart warming book 'The Hills is Lonely'. She acquired her own cottage, and living and working on her own croft gave rise to a series of magical Hebridean books such as 'The Sea For Breakfast'. She retired to the Isle of Man, where she died in 2004. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 467 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books; Lrg edition (June 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708903487
• ISBN-13: 978-0708903483
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,658,281 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lillian Beckwith, July 3, 2007

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K. Chamberlain "Booked Solid" (LaConner, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beautiful Just! (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I devour Lillian Beckwith books. They are so low-key and humorous--and worth reading again and again. How she ever found the wonderful characters of Bruach I don't know. I notice her books have been republished. May a new generation discover their delightful characters and life in the Hebrides in the 1940s.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lillian Beckwith's Scotland, January 4, 2011

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Gayla Templeton (KS USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beautiful just! (Hardcover)

After visiting rural Scotland in 2001, I longed for a bit of that trip and found it in the book series by Lillian Beckwith. She left the hub bub of city life behind (yes, life was very hectic in the British Isles during and after the war years) to seek the solace of rural life to write. While writing, she fell in love with the Highlands and its' people and did her most memorable work, bring them to life in print. This series was recommended to me by a genealogy pen pal from England and I love her for giving me a look at the primitive life Beckwith led in a cottage by the sea. Beautiful Just is a good introduction to the characters I grew to love and if you enjoy Jan Karon, I know you will want to read all that came from Lillian Beckwith's pen.

5.0 out of 5 stars worth more than 5 stars, December 17, 2010

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Hiker Mama (Concrete, Washington) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beautiful Just! (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Lillian Beckwith has a precious talent of writing that keeps the reader flowing along. You'll laugh and delight in the eccentric denizens of the Scottish Croft people and will smile for days and years after as you recall their unusual outlook on life. Lillian Beckwith's sense of humor is contagious. If you need a lift of spirit, just hunker down with any one of her books and you won't be down for long.