Island Notes: Finding My Place On Aotea Great Barrier Island

Tim Higham

ISBN 10: 1988595401 / ISBN 13: 9781988595405

Published by Cuba Press, 2021

About this Item

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. From the publishers who brought you Ockham-longlisted Towards Compostela by Catharina van Bohemen. Signed. Inscription from author in first page.

Seller Inventory # 1570666

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Island Notes: Finding My Place On Aotea Great Barrier Island
• Publisher: Cuba Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1988595401
• ISBN 13: 9781988595405
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 600 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • General

About this title

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.