Montebello : a memoir / Robert Drewe.
Publication details: Melbourne : Hamish Hamilton, 2012.Description: 291 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780670893478 (pbk.) :
- A823.3 23
- 994.1104092 22
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 994.110 DRE | Available | 053326 |
Sequel to: The shark net.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-291)
Montebello continues where Robert Drewe's much-loved memoir The Shark Net left off, taking us into his mature years. In the aftermath of events, both man-made and natural, that have left a permanent mark on the landscape and psyche of Western Australia - the British nuclear tests in the Montebello Islands, the mining boom, and shark attacks along the coast - Drewe examines how comfortable and familiar terrain can quickly become a site of danger, and how regeneration and renewal can emerge from chaos and loss. With humility, wit and a clear-eyed view of himself, he intertwines these stories with the events of his own life. His passion for islands - which began with Rottnest Island in his youth and continues to this day - frames the narrative; in the near-solitude of these remote places, he is free to reflect. This is a moving story of what it means to see and survive destruction, to love and to grow old.
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General.