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The Wee Mad Road A midlife escape to the Scottish Highlands By Jack Maloney and Barbara Maloney
ISBN 978-1-934690-02-4
Tasora Books · May 2008
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| Lovesick sheep, rumors of war, storms at sea, whisky galore - a midlife escape from an 'empty nest' in America to start afresh in the wilds of Scotland. When their children grow up and leave home, authors Jack and Barbara Maloney sell their house in a midwest suburb and run off to the Highlands. Following a one-lane track called "The Wee Mad Road," they discover an isolated remnant of traditional Gaelic culture, peopled by characters as unique and memorable as the surrounding mountains. The Maloneys settle into an old stone cottage and spend two years in repeated collisions with quaint Highland ways. Entries from Barbara’s diary detail the realities of village life, while Jack recounts tales of poachers, crofters and lairds in one of mainland Britain’s most scenic and isolated corners. The Wee Mad Road is a warm and witty account of two years in the Highlands, with illustrations of everyday life in the wildest reaches of the United Kingdom. It's a ‘how to’ book for anyone who dreams of escaping the doldrums of suburban midlife and starting over. | ||
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Jack Maloney grew up on Chicago’s South Side. A Missouri J-school graduate, his career as a freelance writer has taken him to orphanages in Haiti, West African refugee camps, Middle East mosques, Asian marketplaces and islands in the South Pacific, and his work has won national and international awards. He is a dual citizen of the US and Ireland. Barbara Maloney is a native of Minneapolis. A mother of two, she graduated from the University of Minnesota and worked in a gallery specializing in Inuit and Northwest Coast tribal art. Her illustrations for The Wee Mad Road capture rare scenes of traditional Highland life. The Maloneys live near the Upper Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. | ||
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