The paperback edition of The Other Side of Stone, a novella which centres around a Perthshire woollen mill, revisiting it over three centuries through characters as diverse as a 19th century stonemason and modern-day architect. The primary timeline follows Catharine, a cotton spinner from Paisley and fierce suffragette, who has followed her husband home to the village where he's taken on a job at the local mill. Both militant members of the Labour Movement, it is through her developing connection to the mill that the intricate interweaving of the other stories is revealed. While fictional, the novella draws on many real histories of local mills, and offers a fascinating insight into the long-term impact of industrialisation upon rural Scotland, as well as the struggle for women's rights.

'Taking as its focal point an imposing 19th century mill building in Perthshire, Saltire-shortlisted author Linda Cracknell’s The Other Side of Stone is a remarkable novella, interweaving threads of disparate lives over two centuries. Just as the tweeds that are produced at the mill – first by rural workers and water power, later by deafening machinery – have their own unique weft and warp, so the loosely connected tales come together to create a satisfying whole, encompassing personal relationships, political upheavals and the shadow of war.' The Scotsman; 'Cracknell excels in her description of place.' The Herald; 'Linda Cracknell’s ‘The Other Side of Stone’ spans three centuries in an intimate study of those connected to a Perthshire woollen mill. The story is a deft weaving-together of folklore, feminism and industry.' Caught by the River

Linda Cracknell is a writer of prose and radio drama. Her two collections of short fiction - Life Drawing (NWP, 2000) and The Searching Glance (Salt, 2008) - both featured on award lists, while her novel Call of the Undertow (Freight, 2013) was printed over five editions. Her latest novella, The Other Side of Stone, is her first work if fiction in eight years.