An Cat Coigreach [The Foreign Cat] is a Gaelic middle-grade novel about a black cat named Pangur living in Switzerland with his family. When they decide to move back home to Scotland—to Stornoway in the Isle of Lewis—Pangur is suddenly a foreign cat! He tries to return to Switzerland on his own, learning the importance of friends and family.
Catrìona NicÌomhair Parsons’ poems transport us from her upbringing in the Isle of Lewis to North America and New Zealand, with a focus on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia where she has made her home. Her work contemplates emigration, the endurance of Gaelic language & culture, Christianity, aging, nature, and the changing seasons. Hymns and translations of Canadian, Nova Scotian, and Cape Breton songs round out the collection. This collection features poems in Scottish Gaelic with English translation on the facing page.