A Proper Woman Author:Lillian Beckwith Anna is a child living in a remote Hebridean community when she meets the enigmatic and romantic Jimmy Pearl. She carries the memory of their meeting through to adult life - a life that is full of hardships. Anna`s parents die and her brother and his wife sell the family croft, forcing Anna into a loveless marriage with the heartless Fergus. Ann... more »a doesn`t reckon on the return of Jimmy Pearl however...« less