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Hame
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron, David Rintoul
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Hame, n. Scottish form of 'home': a valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.
In the wake of the breakdown of her relationship, Mhairi McPhail dismantles her life in New York and moves with her nine-year-old daughter, Agnes, to the remote Scottish island of Fascaray. Mhairi has been commissioned to write a biography of the late Bard of Fascaray, Grigor McWatt, a cantankerous poet with an international reputation.
But who was Grigor McWatt? Details of his past - his tough childhood and his war years as a commando - are elusive, and there is evidence of a mysterious love affair which Mhairi is determined to investigate. As she struggles to adapt to her new life and put her own troubled past behind her, Mhairi begins to unearth the astonishing secret history of the poet regarded by many as the custodian of Fascaray's - and Scotland's - soul.
A dazzling, kaleidoscope of a novel, Hame layers extracts from Mhairi's journal, Grigor's letters and poems and his evocative writing about the island into a compelling narrative that explores identity, love and the universal quest for home.
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- FoodMakesHappy
- 24-01-2021
Great ensemble performance
I came to Hame because I enjoy listening to the lovely voice of Cathleen McCarron and got hooked on Karen Pirie, the character she brought to life in Val McDermid’s work. What I got, was a thoroughly enjoyable, well-crafted and produced ensemble piece on belonging, on the concept of home, on dispossession. Hame is a gentle musing on what it takes to be counted as native to place. On how quickly you can come adrift. On ones own attachment to your home. Is the place you choose to be more important than where you started? On the importance of place to one’s sense of self. The book is more like a radio play, chorused with vigorously melodic poetry breaks with the beautiful Scots accent of David Rintoul. Well done to the author Annalena McAfee, it rang so true, I felt I was watching a documentary unroll in my head. All too believable!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Gillian H
- 28-05-2021
Didn't love it
Struggled to finish. The main female character was so self absorbed and neglectful of her daughter that I became more irritated by her than interested. The poets side was at first the best bit but the endless lists were irritating. The story dragged, but I hung in to see how it would end but found that a bit flat. The idea was good but just to drawn out. The narration saved it.
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