The company of strangers (by Eileen Campbell)

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'The company of strangers' is a book I picked up inexpensively in a church book sale.  It's a novel by Eileen Campbell. I had not previously read anything by this writer.

The story is about a girl called Ellie who is sent to live with her rather bohemian grandmother in the Scottish highlands. This is despite having never met her before, but Ellie's mother becomes ill and can no longer take care of her.

Ellie gets to know people in the village and learns a lot about life. She learns things about her family, too, which she had not previously known. It's set in the early 1960s, so life is free of modern technology. 

I thought it was pleasant and interesting, on the whole, although rather slow-moving in places. Not one I'm likely to read again. 

Review copyright 1999 Sue's Book Reviews