The women of the tiny town of Fetter-Rothnie have grown used to a life
without men, and none more so than the tangle of mothers and daughters,
spinsters and widows living at the Weatherhouse. Returned from war with
shellshock, Garry Forbes is drawn into their circle as he struggles to
build a new understanding of the world from the ruins of his grief.
In The Weatherhouse Nan Shepherd paints an exquisite portrait of a
community coming to terms with the brutal losses of war, and the small
tragedies, yearnings and delusions that make up a life.