Notes
One night a stranger knocks on Jamesina's door. He doesn't recognise her, but she remembers him. A lifetime ago, when her community was threatened with eviction, she gave voice to that. The women stood together, but her music was no match for one of the most brutal confrontations of the Highland Clearances. She has borne the disfigurements of that day ever since. It marked the end of a life of promise. Her lodger thinks that if she would only dare to open the past, she might have the chance of a future…
