Title Returning light : thirty years on the island of Skellig Michael / Robert L. Harris.

Publication Info.	New York ; Boston : Mariner Books [2022]
	©2022

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - New Materials	92 HARRIS	DUE 05-11-24
Bloomfield at the Atrium	BIOG. HARRIS, R.	DUE 04-29-24
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - New Materials	BIOGRAPHY HARRIS, ROBERT L.	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - New Materials	92 HARRIS, ROB	DUE 05-09-24

Edition	First U.S. edition.
Description	xii, 258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Note	"Originally published as Returning Light: 30 Years of Life on Skellig Michael in Ireland in 2022 by HarperCollinsIreland"--Title page verso
Contents	Part one. A lost map A new home Secret places A toe-hold for habitation -- Part two. A paradise of birds Dark interiors A vessel suspended upon a far sea Architecture of light Journey to the Otherworld -- Part three. The weather is changing Unexpected encounters Brief expositions of eternity.
Summary	In 1987, Robert Harris happened upon an unusual job posting in the local paper--a new warden service was being set up on the island of Skellig Michael, and the deadline was imminent. Just weeks later he was on his way to set up camp in one of Ireland's most remote locations, unaware that he would be making that same journey every May for the next 30 years. Here he transports us to the otherworldly island, a place that is teeming with natural life, including curious puffins that like to visit his hut. From the precipice he has observed a coastline that is relatively unchanged for the last thousand years--a beacon of equilibrium in an ever-changing world.
Subject	Harris, Robert L.
	Great Skellig Island (Ireland)
	Lighthouse keepers -- Ireland -- Great Skellig Island -- Biography.
	Skellig Islands (Ireland) -- History.
	Harris, Robert L. (OCoLC)fst00022098
	Lighthouse keepers. (OCoLC)fst00998621
	Ireland -- Great Skellig Island. (OCoLC)fst01249584
	Ireland -- Skellig Islands. (OCoLC)fst01249585
Genre/Form	autobiographies (literary works) (CStmoGRI)aatgf300080104
	Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Autobiographies.
Added Title	30 years on the island of Skellig Michael
ISBN	9780063268289 (hardcover)
	0063268280 (hardcover)

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