Barrie James. A Window in Thrums

A Window in Thrums - the story of the "untrue son" - is one of several novels about the fictional village of Thrums, said to be modeled on Barrie's home town of Kirriemuir. "It is a delightful, entirely sympathetic, and loyal description of Scotch village life; of religion, courtship, gossip, and the comedy and the tragedy of the weaving village of Thrums."