Book description
Eighteen years later, in 1999, Lucy took her three children to the
farthest corner of the Solomons to live for a year on remote Pigeon
Island. This time the invitation had come from an intrepid
eighty-year-old, Diana Hepworth, who, in 1947, set sail from England
and embarked on a hazardous journey to find a faraway paradise where
she and her husband Tom could raise a family.
Faraway is the fascinating tale of two extraordinary worlds -
'primitive' and modern 'colonial' - in which tragedy, heroism, danger
and pure joy combine in one remarkable story. This is a classic
account by a writer who has dug deep into her psyche to illuminate the
darkest reaches of our own.
Lucy Irvine was born on 1 February 1956 in Whitton, Middlesex. She
ran away from school very early and had no full-time education after the
age of thirteen. She has been employed as a charlady, monkey- keeper,
waitress, stonemason's mate, life model, pastry-cook and concierge as
well as having worked with disabled people and as a clerk at the Inland
Revenue. She is the author of one novel, One is One, as well as Castaway
and an account of her early years, Runaway. Faraway, her latest book, is
her account of her year spent on a remote island in the Solomons. She
has three sons and lives in the Highlands of Scotland.
