<p><span>In Highland Scotland in 1850, Catriona lives life to the rhythm of seasons and Gaelic songs, until a dramatic change of circumstance forces her to fight for everyone and everything she loves. </span></p><p><span>Years later Rose, an artist, trying to make sense of her fractured family and her own restlessness, searches among the ruins of a deserted landscape.</span></p><p><span>Does the answer lie in the injustices of the past?</span></p><p>Set on a remote Scottish hillside, during the Highland Clearances, A Scattering follows Rose and Catr¿a, who are from different centuries, but share a secret and a common enemy. Interweaving the story of a crofting community with a rich Gaelic culture, and one set in present-day Scotland, it explores the effect the clearances had not only on the people and culture but also on later generations, until one woman finds a way