Books by Jessie Kesson

Tells the story of a sensitive child in an Elgin slum, and her later banishment to an Aberdeenshire orphanage.

Glitter of Mica tells the story of Caldwell, an isolated Scottish farming community. The changing fortun es of the parish over thirty years are seen through the eyes of the Riddel family. '

Collection of short stories which draw heavily upon Jessie Kesson's own experiences of growing up in a small town in Scotland. The title story, Where the Apple Ripens, is the story of Isabel Emslie, a young girl facing up to her last day at school and an uncertain future in service in the town.