The Yellow on the Broom

This classic memoir of a Scottish woman's traditional nomadic family offers an intimate glimpse at girlhood in a bygone way of life.

A rare firsthand account of Scotland's indigenous traveler culture, The Yellow on the Broom has earned its place as a modern classic of Scottish literature. Here, Betsy Whyte vividly recounts the story of her childhood in flowing prose reminiscent of oral storytelling. Through the 1920s and 30s, she and her family spent much of the year traveling from town to ...