Island notes : finding my place on Aotea Great Barrier Island

Higham, Tim

ISBN 10: 1988595401 / ISBN 13: 9781988595405

Published by The Cuba Press, Wellington, 2021

About this Item

21 cm, 150 pp, pen & ink illus and colour photo illus, soft covers. As new. An off-grid house on Aotea Great Barrier Island promises to fulfil one man's dreams, until cracks start to appear. Part Man Alone, part love story, Island Notes explores questions of belonging, loss and impermanence and whether the life, seas and forests of a wild island can offer a reconciliation with our past. Award-winning science writer and advocate for the wilderness Tim Higham has written a memoir that draws inspiration from some of the great nature writers, while establishing his own distinctive and informed voice and a sense of place that could only be Aotearoa -- publisher information.

Seller Inventory # 009739

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Island notes : finding my place on Aotea Great Barrier Island
• Publisher: The Cuba Press, Wellington
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1988595401
• ISBN 13: 9781988595405
• Binding: Soft Covers
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: None
• Seller catalogs:
  • New Zealand - General
  • New Zealand - Local History

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Synopsis

An off-grid house on Aotea Great Barrier Island promises to fulfil one man’s dreams, but he discovers to his cost that nothing can be taken for granted.

Part "Man Alone" part love story, 'Island Notes" explores questions of belonging, loss and impermanence and whether the life, seas and forests of a wild island can offer a reconciliation with our past.

Award-winning science writer and advocate for the wilderness Tim Higham has written a memoir that draws inspiration from some of the great nature writers, while establishing his own distinctive and informed voice and a sense of place that could only be Aotearoa.