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Genre/Form: | Electronic books collective biographies Biographies Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Irvine, Lucy, 1956- Faraway. London : Corgi, 2001, ©2000 (OCoLC)47062858 |
Named Person: | Lucy Irvine; Diana Hepworth; Tom Hepworth; Diana Hepworth; Tom Hepworth; Lucy Irvine |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lucy Irvine |
ISBN: | 9781446497180 1446497186 |
OCLC Number: | 971130252 |
Notes: | Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2000. Includes index. |
Description: | 1 online resource (446 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) |
Responsibility: | Lucy Irvine. |
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'A very good story indeed' * The Scotsman * 'Another astonishing tale' * Conde Nast Traveller * 'It is a wise book: full of wisdom about parenthood and dreams we chase, published at a time when the myth of escape is as powerful as ever' -- Cole Moreton * Independent on Sunday * 'A more honest account of island life and a better debunker of paradise than Faraway would be hard to find' -- Dea Birkett * The Sunday Times * 'This enthralling book combines two stories - Irvine's adventures, and the even more amazing story of the extraordinary Hepworth family...Irvine's integrity, fine prose, brilliant powers of observation and sheer pluck make [Faraway] my nomination for travel book of the year' -- Val Hennessy * Daily Mail * Read more...


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- Irvine, Lucy, -- 1956- -- Travel -- Solomon Islands -- Pigeon Island.
- Hepworth, Diana, -- 1921-
- Hepworth, Tom, -- 1910-
- British -- Solomon Islands -- Pigeon Island.
- Solomon Islands -- Biography.
- Salomon -- Biographies.
- Travel writing.
- TRAVEL -- Essays & Travelogues.
- Irvine, Lucy, -- 1956-
- British.
- Travel.
- Solomon Islands.