The joy of high places / Patti Miller.
| Author/creator | Miller, Patti |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Sydney, New South Wales : NewSouth Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | v, 240 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019401460 |
| ISBN | 9781742236513 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (ePDF) |