A Life Built on Tasmania's Wild Coast

Janet Fenton tells the story of her great-aunt and great-uncle, Win and Clyde Clayton, who made their home in Tasmania's remote south-west. Clyde had fished the treacherous local waters since he was fourteen, while Win built a home and garden in a landscape most would consider uninhabitable, the two of them working a fishing boat together through storms and isolation alike.

Written from within the family, with the benefit of first-hand memories and stories passed down, it offers an intimate account of a vanished way of life for readers drawn to Tasmanian history, maritime memoir or stories of resilience in wild places.

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