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The joy of high places / Patti Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Patti, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walking--Europe.
- Walking.
- Europe--Description and travel.
- Europe.
- Miller, Patti.
- Miller, Patti--Family.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, New South Wales : NewSouth, [2019]
- Summary:
- They didn't know it, but Patti Miller and her brother, Barney, shared something in common -- a passion for the illuminating joy of wild nature -- with all its challenges and dangers. In this extraordinary and unexpected book, Patti tells the story of her own long-distance walking over hundreds of kilometres in Europe and of her brother's obsession with paragliding. During their shared childhood on a farm these siblings were virtual strangers under the same roof. As adults, a tragic accident changes their relationship. One day, Barney's wing collapses and he plummets to earth, breaking his spine.
- Contents:
- The man who fell to earth
- Childhood dreams
- How the story came to be told
- What are you doing out here?
- Gods and monks
- Icarus
- Chronologies
- A handful of people
- Lucy
- Walking around the mountain
- Lazarus
- The fates
- The Uluru offering
- Phoenix
- The Rosetta Stone
- Phoenix rises
- Becoming wild
- A short walk home
- Chrysalis.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-74224-458-0
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