Edge: curve, arc, circle

Three coming-of-age tales of learning, adaptation and celebration in Neolithic Orkney, with seventeen original and apt illustrations

'Curve of early learning' describes the hurts of childhood and early adolescence, the acquisition of understanding about one's environment and place in society, and the harsher reality of the precariousness of existence as invaders kill and rape.

'Arc of adaptation' tells of further changes, more deaths, but the discovery of humanity and, eventually love and respect.

'Circle of celebration' describes the journey by land and sea to the Ring of Brodgar for the celebration of the mid-winter solstice.