Review from Alistair Braidwood at Scots Whay Hae!
March 26, 2025Big thanks to Alistair for featuring The River as his book recommendation on Sunday’s Scots Whay Hae! show on CamGlen Radio.
You can listen to the review here (from about 20min 30secs) – but the whole show’s definitely worth an hour of your time and features great tunes from Kathryn Joseph, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Gareth Sager and a whole lot more.
“The River looks at the history, politics, and culture of Scotland over the last 75 years through the prism of the lives and loves of two wonderfully realised characters; Lachlan McCormack and his childhood sweetheart Morag. It’s not just a love letter to Scotland but to love itself, the state of the nation reflected in ordinary people’s everyday lives. Craig A Smith has written a novel with such a tender heart that it will move you in the most unexpected ways. While big events happen in the background, it is in the small details and little victories that meaning is found, and hope.”
Alistair Braidwood – Scots Whay Hae! – 23rd March 2025