This story is written with a backdrop of Scotland and Iran prior to the downfall of the Shah, from 1969 to 1976
The steps of life and the journey through it took Mhairi and Bruce, a young Scottish couple from Dundee, a town in Scotland, to the Persian Gulf in the 1960s.The first five years were traumatic for them but they overcame the personal difficulties. They lost their two daughters to an incurable illness; however, we find them in 1969 looking forward to a bright future. Of course the lives of others come into their journeys, which take them from Scotland, to Abadan, then to Kharg Island, Iran, situated in the Persian Gulf with a few more journeys in between. The fun, sorrows, joys, entertainment, private and public lives that went on within a small group of expatriates, thrown together by necessity. It is based on a way of life that has now gone for good.
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Born in Dundee, Scotland, the author married in 1961 and lived in West Ferry. In 1964, her husband was posted to South Iran, where she joined him in 1965. For the first five years of the eleven years she spent there, she commuted between United Kingdom and Iran. In 1977, her husband’s time in Iran came to an end, and the family settled in Kirriemuir, Scotland. She was suddenly widowed in 1978, and her two children were her main priority. She ran a bed and breakfast, then worked as a dental receptionist. Her many pursuits include Girl Guiding, Scotland; Scottish Women’s Institute; her garden; and in the past, her many dogs.
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