Scottish By Inclination

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About the Book: 

'Gradually I forgot I was a foreigner.'

Barbara Henderson has been Scottish by inclination for 30 years. She fell in love with Scotland and its people when she left Germany at the age of 19. Now a children’s author, storyteller and teacher in the Highlands, she gives us a lively glimpse of Scotland through the eyes of an EU immigrant – from her first ceilidh to Brexit and the choppy seas of citizenship.

Scottish by Inclination also celebrates the varied contributions of 30 remarkable Europeans – beer brewers, entrepreneurs, academics, artists and activists – who have chosen to call Scotland home.

‘All voices matter and deserve to belong.

Belonging is more than a privilege.

Belonging, I am now convinced, can be a choice.’

Reviews: 

An affectionate and warm-hearted look at what it means to be a 'new Scot.' MARGARET KIRK

A wonderful compendium of voices. DONALD S MURRAY

Moving and funny... a revealing snapshot of what it's like being an immigrant. PROFESSOR DAVID WORTHINGTON

A rich mosaic of individual stories and a signpost, fashioned from resilience and optimism to the future. JAMES ROBERTSON

About the Author:

BARBARA HENDERSON is the award-winning author of eight books, and the incoming writer-in-residence at the Forth Rail Bridge. She predominantly writes historical fiction for children, but she also has a track record of writing non-fiction for adults in her critically acclaimed book Scottish by Inclination (Luath Press) which included 30 profiles of EU immigrants contributing to Scottish life in significant ways.