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The Woman on the Mountain
The truly remarkable story of a unique woman living on a remote mountain wildlife refuge — nearing sixty, solitary, solar-powered and almost self-sufficient — and the ups and downs of life that led her there. Full of energy, humour, and love for her own and the wider environment, this candid book inspires, entertains and informs. A writer with insufficient income, a grandma with unwelcome arthritis, she was unsure if she could manage the hard work and mechanical demands of an almost self-sufficient lifestyle, but she gave it a go — and found it full of funny incidents and great rewards. With only the wildlife as her neighbours, she learnt to live in tune with nature on her wildlife refuge, helping to repair past damage and trying to do no more. ‘Civilised conservation’, she calls it, ‘having your cake and eating it too — before the wallabies do.’ It also gave her the determination to be less selfish with her time, and to do her best to call a halt to the destruction of our environment so that we all learn to live more sustainably and leave a better world for our grandchildren.Read an excerpt >> ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sharyn Munro is a freelance writer and award-winning short-story writer who lives a self-sufficient lifestyle in a mudbrick cabin on her remote mountain wildlife refuge. Alone but for her often intrusive wildlife neighbours, she is regenerating her property’s vegetation, at a pace dictated by ageing knees. She is also becoming a late-blooming environmental activist, at a pace dictated by concern for her grandchildren’s futures. Visit Sharon's website >> Reviews‘You are with her on the mountain. You are cheering on her impassioned manifesto for the land and its rich, embattled mesh of life. And you know you are reading a book that might change your life.’ Peter Hay ‘Sharyn Munro took up an enormous challenge to change her lifestyle and has written a stimulating and amusing account of her experiences. For anyone contemplating an alternative existence this is a 'must read', but also for all of us to read, enjoy and digest the beautiful country that is Australia and perhaps be stimulated into taking an interest in protecting the environment.’ An Exisle Reader, Auckland NZ. Click here for a review by Paula Jones of kiwiboomers.co.nz >> Margie Jenkin Review >> SPECIFICATIONS Size: 234 x 153mm Format: Paperback with flaps Extent: 272 pages Weight: 450 gms Publication date: May 2007 ISBN: 978-0-908988-70-9 |
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