{"product_id":"ashes-stones-signed-paperback","title":"Ashes \u0026 Stones Signed Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eThis is the UK paperback edition with cover illustration by Iain Macarthur, individually signed by Allyson.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eshortlisted by the Royal Society of Literature for the Christopher Bland Prize \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea Waterstones Book of the Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epublished by Sceptre\/Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton, 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e292 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAshes and Stones\u003c\/em\u003e is a personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and modern cities, in search of the traces of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Scotland. We visit modern memorials, roadside shrines and standing stones, and roam among forests and hedge mazes, folklore and political fantasies. From fairy hills to forgotten caves, we explore a spellbound landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...an incantational group biography...Shaw passes over centuries-old footsteps like fingers on Braille; the lilt of her voice on the page is lyrical magic.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e-- The New York Times\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...atmospheric, scholarly – and gripping – \u003cem\u003eAshes \u0026amp; Stones\u003c\/em\u003e... gives life to many of the women burned as witches in Scotland.  Shocking and important – it made me realise this hasn’t been done before, nor have I questioned why until now.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e-- \u003c\/cite\u003eLaline Paull, author of\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003eand\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Bees\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e…attentive and reverant, grounded in place and presence…a book that listens as much as it tells.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- Charles Martin, bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mountain Between Us \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Allyson Shaw has built a monument in words to the thousands persecuted as witches in Scotland. A fascinating and necessary book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e-- \u003c\/cite\u003ePeter Ross, author of\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Tomb with a View\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ashes \u0026amp; Stones is its own reminder of a dark period in Scotlands’s past, but also carries a warning for the present day…This is not the book you think it is, and it is all the better for it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e-- \u003c\/cite\u003eAlistair Braidwood\u003ccite\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSnack Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a remarkable book alive with the beauty and terror of Scotland centuries earlier – as if the author reached out a hand and took the reader with her on that journey...The delicate balance between Allyson Shaw’s inner life and personal reasons for making the journey set against the stories of those whose lives were lost is beautifully rendered, while the writing throughout is sublime.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- Carol Ann Lee, author of \u003cem\u003eA Cruel Love: the Ruth Ellis Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Feral Strumpet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58672227549568,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/9525\/files\/AshesAndStonesPB_B_030723.jpg?v=1786376867","url":"https:\/\/feralstrumpet.com\/products\/ashes-stones-signed-paperback","provider":"Feral Strumpet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}