Böcker av Catriona Nicìomhair Parsons

In this Scottish Gaelic poetry collection, Catrìona NicÌomhair Parsons takes us from the memories of her upbringing on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, to the "new Edinburgh" of New Zealand, to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia where she now makes her home. The poems focus on themes of emigration, the endurance of Gaelic language and culture, Christianity, aging, nature and the changing seasons. A section of songs and hymns rounds out the collection. The poems are in Gaelic with facing English translations by the author.