Groete uit Skotland – 9781779881045

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Frances vlug van ‘n hartseer verlede weg na ‘n koue Skotland toe. Hier, waar haar ma se mense vandaan kom, wil sy graag ‘n nuwe lewe begin en vergeet van wat gebeur het. Daar aangekom, laat weet sy haar ouma Martie wat op ‘n plaas naby Hazyview woon. Sy begin werk as ‘n onderwyseres by ‘n plaaslike skool en loseer by gawe Skotte, maar selfs die pragtige landskap en mense is nie altyd genoeg om haar siel te salf nie.

In Suid-Afrika vind Martie dit moeilik om alles alleen te behartig. Dit is nie maklik om ‘n weduwee op ‘n plaas te wees en haar kleinkinders groot te moes maak nie, al doen sy so met baie liefde en geloof. Toe Frances se broer, Deon, gewerf word deur ‘n skool in Pretoria voel sy egter heeltemal alleen. Na onstellende gebeure op die plaas, besef Martie dat sy ‘n plaasbestuurder sal moet aanstel, en so betree Dillon Geduld haar wereld.

Gerbrand is ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse predikant in Skotland en worstel met sy eie gebrokenheid en pyn terwyl hy ander moet bystaan. Sy troos is die Skotse landskap, die Woord, sy bediening en sy ouers se ondersteuning. Een Sondag sien hy vir Frances raak … By die kerk ontmoet Frances ‘n landheer en word na sy herehuis genooi. Daar besef sy, sonder dat hulle dit weet, dat die MacIntyres bloedfamilie is …

Groete uit Skotland is ‘n verhaal van intrige, familiebande en verrassings. Gebroke mense vind hoop en bemoediging by mekaar terwyl hulle worstel deur hulle eie verliese, verhoudings en teleurstellings. Soms draai dinge nie uit soos jy verwag het nie, selfs nie eers op die asemrowende hooglande en eilande van Skotland nie.

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Frances flees from her past and pain to Scotland. Here, where her mother’s people come from, she wants to begin a new life and forget about what happened. Once there, she lets her grandmother Martie know, who lives on a farm near Hazyview. She starts working as a teacher at a local school and stays with kind Scots, but even the beautiful landscape and people are not always enough to soothe her soul.

In South Africa, Martie finds it difficult to manage everything alone. It is not easy being a widow on a farm and having to raise her grandchildren, even though she does so with great love and faith. However, when Frances’ brother, Deon, is recruited by a school in Pretoria, she feels completely alone. Martie realises that she will have to appoint a farm manager after something happens at the farm, and that is how Dillon Geduld enters her life.

Gerbrand is a South African minister in Scotland, struggling with his own brokenness and pain while caring for others. He finds comfort in the Scottish landscape, the Word, his ministry and the support of his parents. One Sunday he notices Frances … Frances meets a landowner at church, and is invited to his manor. There, she realises, unbeknownst to them, that the MacIntyres are her blood relatives …

Groete uit Skotland is a lovely story of intrigue, family ties and surprises in which broken people find hope and encouragement in each other as they struggle through their own losses, relationships and disappointments. Sometimes things don’t turn out the way you expect, not even in the breathtaking highlands and islands of Scotland.