In the sky the larks still sing - Lindsay Inkster

Here, life becomes anxious as World War One draws near. This book shows up the joys and sorrows of life in homes across Scotland from Shetland to the mainland. These contrast with life with the stench, mud and dangers of trenches on the Front and battle noise. Other tensions emerge, in the battle for lives in the Regimental Aid Post and Wartime hospitals created from castles to tents, as well as peacetime Infirmaries and the Abbey of Royaumont.In Shetland, as elsewhere, they watch for the telegram-boy. open the yellow envelope... They knit 'comforts' for the soldiers, bake cakes for the Front line, feed the children, look after the sick, grow vegetables for the Home Front. Wartime love blossoms quickly. Life is short with a greater urgency than before. But, the larks still sing.