RHODA BOWERS stood at the east window of her own room, busily engaged in "e;binding off"e; the neck of a little baby's shirt-one of a set which had occupied all the spare minutes which she could contrive to spend in her own room for the past few weeks.
Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with The Big Book of Christmas, a heartwarming collection of festive stories, carols, and traditions that will fill your holidays with joy and wonder ?
*Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize*An Archive of Happiness is set in the Scottish Highlands over the course of one day during the Avens family's annual get-together.
In the summer of 1914, as the storm clouds of war begin to gather over Europe, life in Glasgow goes on as normal - for the rich in their elegant mansions, and for the poor in the overcrowded tenements of the Gorbals.
