{"product_id":"the-christian-watt-papers-christian-watt-9781780602127","title":"The Christian Watt Papers: Memoirs of a Fraserburgh Fishwife","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaught between these covers is the authentic, forthright voice of Christian Watt, servant girl, lady's maid and fishwife. Born in 1833, her working life began in domestic service before the age of nine and ended with her selling her husband's catch from door to door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tragic death of most of her close male family - her husband, four brothers and her favourite child - drowned by a sudden squall that sunk their boat, robbed her of her sanity. But she was cared for in the remarkable Cornhill Asylum in Aberdeen, where a kindly doctor encouraged her to write her memoirs in pencil. In 1983 this bundle of papers, which included other family documents, was turned into a book by David Fraser, and has been saluted as a Montaillou for Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an afterword by Mary Miers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Watt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 178060212X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780602127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eland Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Christian Watt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483368861951,"sku":"9781780602127","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f786f9b-b8ed-4df1-b24f-689c6565cb0a.jpg?v=1778038421","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-christian-watt-papers-christian-watt-9781780602127","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}