The White Bird Passes

First edition. 159pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Light foxing to edges of text block and first and last few leaves. Jacket slightly foxed and chipped to edges; minor loss to spine ends. Jacket design by Hugh Marshall. *** Jessie Kesson (28 October 1916 – 26 September 1994), born Jessie Grant McDonald, was a Scottish novelist, playwright and radio producer. The White Bird Passes was her first novel; it was adapted into a film for the BBC in 1980. The novel is the story of a Scottish girl growing up in poverty the 1920s while her mother earns a living as a prostitute.