The Shetland Way: Community and Climate Crisis on my Father's Islands
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A Daughter's Reckoning with Island Life and Climate Change
Marianne Brown's debut book combines memoir and reportage to explore the Shetland Islands, the place her father calls home, at a time when the community is grappling with the pressures of climate change and rapid change to traditional ways of life. Brown weaves personal loss and family history through a firsthand account of how islanders are responding to environmental and economic uncertainty.
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A Daughter's Reckoning with Island Life and Climate Change
Marianne Brown's debut book combines memoir and reportage to explore the Shetland Islands, the place her father calls home, at a time when the community is grappling with the pressures of climate change and rapid change to traditional ways of life. Brown weaves personal loss and family history through a firsthand account of how islanders are responding to environmental and economic uncertainty.
Rather than taking a side in polarised debates about climate action, the book seeks out nuance, asking how communities balance their own needs against those of the wider natural world.
Brown grew up in Edinburgh, worked as a journalist across Southeast Asia and Britain and has edited an environmental publication. The book will appeal to readers interested in memoir, island life and grounded, humane writing about climate change.
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