Gill Shaddick

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The Lion Behind the Anthill

Beschreibung

Gill Shaddick met her soulmate Mike in Central Africa. He was a reckless, optimistic and adorable biologist who matched her thirst for adventure. They set out on an itinerant life of work and travel where nothing ever quite went to plan. In Iran they lived an expat life of luxury; in Sudan they survived with no water or electricity; they had a fishing business on Lake Kariba in the middle of a war zone; in Scotland, they farmed rabbits on the remote Galloway peninsula. Confident they could ride any storm, there was one waiting in the wings that nearly defeated them. After they moved to Australia, Mike was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. While both had the same goal - to regain Mike's health - their approaches set them apart as strangers in an unknown terrain. Gill decided a new adventure was the only way out. The gamble paid off and brought Mike back to life and love, and The Lion Behind the Anthill was a very positive outcome.

Autor

Gill Shaddick left Britain aged twenty-one to take up a job in Hong Kong and kept on travelling. She met her husband, Mike, in a township in Zambia where she was the only single girl and he the only single guy. Together they embarked on a peripatetic journey living in a dozen countries. They counted cotton bollworms in Egypt, Sudan and Iran, tagged eels in New Zealand, owned a fishing business on Lake Kariba in central Africa and ran a rabbit farm in one of Scotland's remotest corners. Their four daughters, each a constant source of joy, amusement and awe, were all born in different countries.In 1987, Gill and her family moved to Australia. Months later Mike was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and with that his future plans for overseas contracts disappeared overnight. But travel was Gill's passion and she determined there'd be many journeys ahead, at first with Mike, then backpacking with her daughters and ultimately going solo. Gill is a distant cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson. His grandfather's clock ticked out the hours as she grew up, which she credits as one reason why, from an early age, she was enchanted by travel and writing. She is currently working on a new manuscript that traces railway journeys through Siberia and Central Asia, weaving her personal history into the broader narrative. The Lion Behind the Anthill is her second book. Her first book, The Hong Kong Letters, was published in Melbourne and Hong Kong in 2019.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Glass House Books
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 441g
• ISBN-13: 9781923435025
• ISBN-10: 1923435027
• Artikelnr.: 74292149