Island of Dreams: A Personal History of a Remarkable Place

Island of Dreams: A Personal History of a Remarkable Place by Boothby, Dan. hardcover edition. ISBN: 0884332953223.

Dan Boothby had been drifting for more than 20 years, without the pontoons of family, friends or a steady occupation. Finally, unexpectedly, an opportunity presented itself. After a lifelong obsession with Gavin Maxwells Ring of Bright Water trilogy, Boothby was given the chance to move to Maxwells former home, a tiny island on the western seaboard of the Highlands of Scotland. Island of Dreams is about Boothbys time living there, its about the people he meets and the stories they tell, and about his engagement with this remote landscape, including the otters that inhabit it. Interspersed with Boothbys own story is a quest to better understand the mysterious Gavin Maxwell. Beautifully written and frequently leavened with a dry wit, Island of Dreams is a charming celebration of the particularities of place.