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2+ YearsPublisher | Pan MacMillan |
ISBN 13 | 9781509800773 |
ISBN 10 | 1509800778 |
Book Description | Dan Boothby had been drifting for more than twenty years, without the pontoons of family, friends or a steady occupation. He was looking for but never finding the perfect place to land. Finally, unexpectedly, an opportunity presented itself. After a lifelong obsession with Gavin Maxwell's Ring of Bright Water trilogy, Boothby was given the chance to move to Maxwell's former home, a tiny island on the western seaboard of the Highlands of Scotland. Island of Dreams is about Boothby's time living there, and about the natural and human history that surrounded him; it's about the people he meets and the stories they tell, and about his engagement with this remote landscape, including the otters that inhabit it. Interspersed with Boothby's own story is a quest to better understand the mysterious Gavin Maxwell. Beautifully written and frequently leavened with a dry wit, Island of Dreams is a charming celebration of the particularities of place. |
Language | English |
Author | Dan Boothby |
Publication Date | 01 Jun 2017 |
Number of Pages | 320 |
Island Of Dreams: A Personal History Of A Remarkable Place paperback english - 01 Jun 2017