Nancy Volker Shares The Connection Between Fairy Tales and Scotland
Jencey asked me to write about fairy tales and the connection to Scotland… I wish I could say I had planned a) to write about fairy tales or to b) write about Scotland! The prequel to Scotland by Starlight (called A Scottish Ferry Tale ) opens with Cassie reading “Snow White” to her young niece. She and her niece sort of pick apart “Snow White” together – her niece wants to know why someone would break into someone else’s house and clean it, and why Snow White’s dad didn’t step in when her stepmother was being unkind. It becomes clear that Cassie is not much of a “fairy tale” girl – she’s very analytical and down to earth. At least, that’s what she wants people to think. The conversation was based on several that I have had with my younger daughter. This is where the fairy tale “theme” came from, and it’s carried throughout the two novels, right up until the final chapter of Scotland by Starlight . I knew that my main character was ...