Playing through - Curtis Gillespie

'There is no quainter or more romantic spot than Gullane,' wrote the Reverend John Kerr is his titanic 1896 work THE GOLF BOOK OF EAST LOTHIAN. A small town of a few thousand people a dozen miles east of Edinburgh, Gullane was a place of such unmatched physical beauty and peace -- not to mention the home of both Gullane Golf Club and Muirfield -- that Curtis Gillespie vowed to return after spending time there as a student.
His memoir of the year he spent in Gullane with his family, PLAYING THROUGH provides the reader with the rarest of experiences: a story rich with comedy, emotional truths and stunning evocations of a unique landscape. Written with warmth and elegance, PLAYING THROUGH transcends the boundaries of writing on travel and sport to show us the world contained in a village, a place filled to overflowing with life, character, memory and laughter. This is the story of one family's journey, but it is also a story about the things we all share.