Faced with the choice between her harsh farming life & the seductive but distant world of books & learning the spirited Chris Guthrie decides to remain in her rural community But as the devastation of the First World War leaves her life-and community-in tatters she must draw strength from what she loves & endure like the land she loves so intensely Brutal & beautiful passionate & powerful Sunset Song is a moving portrait of a declining way of life & an inspirational celebration of the human spirit & in Chris Guthrie Grassic Gibbon has given us one of literature's most unforgettable heroines