ISLAND DREAMS: MAPPING AN OBSESSION (PB)

Gavin Francis combines stories of his own travels with psychology, philosophy and myth, shedding new light on the importance of islands and isolation in our collective consciousness. He draws on thirty years of island adventures in locations including the Faroe Islands, the Aegean, the Galapagos and the Andaman Islands, and contrasts these quests for freedom with the commitments required as a doctor, community member and parent. Island Dreams riffs on the twin poles of rest and motion, independence and attachment, never more relevant than in today's connected world.