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    Steps in the Sand of Time
    Steps in the Sand of Time
    Steps in the Sand of Time
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    Steps in the Sand of Time

    By Margaret Rutherford

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    This story is written with a backdrop of Scotland and Iran prior to the downfall of the Shah, from 1969 to 1976

    The steps of life and the journey through it took Mhairi and Bruce, a young Scottish couple from Dundee, a town in Scotland, to the Persian Gulf in the 1960s.The first five years were traumatic for them but they overcame the personal difficulties. They lost their two daughters to an incurable illness; however, we find them in 1969 looking forward to a bright future. Of course the lives of others come into their journeys, which take them from Scotland, to Abadan, then to Kharg Island, Iran, situated in the Persian Gulf with a few more journeys in between. The fun, sorrows, joys, entertainment, private and public lives that went on within a small group of expatriates, thrown together by necessity. It is based on a way of life that has now gone for good.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateApr 27, 2017
    ISBN9781524598723
    Steps in the Sand of Time
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    Margaret Rutherford

    Dr. Margaret Rutherford is a psychologist, podcast host, and the author of Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism that Masks Your Depression. Rutherford has been a psychologist in private practice for over twenty-five years. She began writing online in 2012, and has gone on to host The SelfWork Podcast, a top podcast on depression and mental health that has earned more than three million downloads. To learn more about Dr. Rutherford and her work, visit DrMargaretRutherford.com, or find The SelfWork Podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-selfwork-podcast/id1166015598)

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      Read this for research on expat wives, along with her other memoir.
      Beautiful, harrowing, hopeful. A strong woman.

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