The Yellow on the Broom

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Little, Brown Book Group Limited, 1995 - Nomads - 186 pages
Betsy Whyte was born into a family of travellers who roamed the Scottish countryside between the wars. The summers were the best times, out on the open road, while the winters were spent in houses, pining for the first sign of spring - the yellow on the broom. Betsy Whyte's vivid description of a childhood on the road amidst a misunderstood people is a rich evocation of a vanishing world.

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About the author (1995)

Betsy Whyte was born in 1919 near Blairgowrie in Perthshire. In 1939 she married Bryce Whyte, who fought with the Seaforth Highlanders during WWII. When he returned, crippled by an injured spine, there was little chance to take up the old travelling life again. In 1988 she suffered a fatal heart attack during the weekend of a traditional ceilidh.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Yellow on the Broom
AuthorBetsy Whyte
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group Limited, 1995
ISBN0751507385, 9780751507386
Length186 pages
  
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