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 Visit the Summer Isles, where Castaway was written. Signed copies available at the hotel. |
I’m writing this from a small island, as usual, but not as small as some I’ve known. Why on earth should I think you’ll be interested? The answer to that lies in two white-ant-eaten suitcases and (forgive me) two bin liners stuffed with unanswered letters. Do you know how heavy paper weighs? If you do, you’ll know how precious those letters are to me. Some have been to the other side of the world and back. Others arrived just days ago. Who am I then, to attract the attention of strangers who humble me by sharing their very souls on paper? And who are you? I’ll have a go at the first question. I hope someone out there might provide some answers to the second. In Brief: I am a woman who, in the early 1980’s, answered an ad to spend a year on an uninhabited island with a man I didn’t know and landed the ‘job.’ I never imagined I’d write a book about it but I did. It’s called Castaway and if you like you can get a closer look at it (and me) on: Amazon.co.uk |
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Islands, or a ‘remote’ lifestyle, became something of an addiction for me after that - especially following extraordinary media exposure. Before that, I was a Runaway. (See z-lists and libraries until it’s reprinted) and afterwards I was amazingly a new kind of celebrity. If you’re British you may remember Russell Harty (RIP) and have heard of Terry Wogan, David ‘Kid’ Jensen and Joan Bakewell. If you’re from the U.S., David Lettermen may ring a bell. But I’ll tell you more about all that later and how it felt to go from desert island survivor to dolly on the box. My most recent adventure took place in the outer Solomon Islands. I ended up writing about that too. (Faraway - see Waterstones website and Amazon.co.uk and BOL) These days, I largely shy away from the glare of publicity. I love my new island and just want to share it with a select few. |