Macdonald of Aird, Macdonald of the Isles and A Voyage of Discovery

Like so many people who grew up not knowing their parents, it becomes something of a life’s journey to discover who they were, what kind of personality they had or anything that could explain one’s own personality traits. This book covers the human conditions of a broken bond between mother and child, the First World War, PTSD, and my discovery of my belonging to an important Scottish Clan. The fact that my mother never bonded with her own mother was perhaps the reason she fell for a smooth talking, well-educated man 20 years older than herself, who flattered her, made her feel special, but carefully concealed his own damaged personality. So, I start my journey with the birth of my mother. If there is such a thing, then my young mother certainly chose an unfortunate time to be born.