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RETURNING LIGHT - ROBERT L HARRIS GEBUNDEN

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A meditative nature memoir from the lighthouse keeper on Skellig
Michael  one of Ireland's most remote locations  evocatively detailing this otherworldly island
while exploring the human relationship with place  nature  and solitude. ?On Skellig Michael 
thousands of birds appear and disappear  erecting towers  coming together in wings of movement
which build and unravel over the empty sea. Often  no one else is there to stand beside me on
the island. The mind wanders  links with the past are easily made  ancient ways of viewing
things come alive.? In 1987  Robert Harris happened upon an unusual job posting in the local
paper?a new warden service was being set up on the island of Skellig Michael  and the deadline
was imminent. Just weeks later he was on his way to set up camp in one of Ireland's most remote
locations  unaware that he would be making that same journey every May for the next 30 years.
Here he transports us to the otherworldly island  a place that is teeming with natural life 
including curious puffins that like to visit his hut. From the precipice he has observed a
coastline that is relatively unchanged for the last thousand years?a beacon of equilibrium in
an ever-changing world. But the island can be fierce too. It's inhabitable for only five months
of the year  and solitude can quickly become isolation as bad weather rolls in to create a veil
between Skellig Michael and the rest of the world  when the dizzying terrain can become a very
real threat to life. A beautiful and evocative work of nature writing  Returning Light is an
extraordinary memoir about the profound effect a place can have on us  and how a remote
location can bring with it a great sense of belonging.

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