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Lost People

By: Margaret Elphinstone
Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
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A new short novel from one of Scotland’s renowned writers.

In a fractured dystopic future, the child Rue finds solace in the garden of a mysterious community. Rue has lost identity, family, home and people to war. Too much has happened for Rue to trust others, but connection with the rest of the living world is not lost. Adulthood requires a courageous journey through a landscape of despair, yet ultimately Rue finds hope of regeneration from unexpected sources.

Margaret Elphinstone is a distinguished author with eight novels, poetry, and short stories to her credit. A graduate of Durham University and Emeritus Professor of Strathclyde University, her The Sea Road, published in 2000, received a Scottish Arts Council Award and earned a place in The List magazine’s 100 Best Scottish Books of All Time.

©2024 Margaret Elphinstone (P)2025 Wild Goose Publications Dystopian Science Fiction Highlander

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Shortlisted for Scotland’s National Book Awards 2024
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Keeps you enthralled all the way through. Highly recommend. The characters came to life, Rue feels like part of me.

Great story, beautifully told

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I was very happy to see it's an audiobook now, too. It's read very well.

One of my favourite books

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