Coast examines the power of dune country upon the lives of three generations of men as it heals the effects of two world wars. The first, a Scottish ploughman finds in Turakina, New Zealand – a black-sand estuary in the path of the Roaring Forties – a place of beauty, unexpected violence and surprising familiarity. Following the demise of his father from wounds after World War I, the son discovers solace in this same landscape. He courts trouble, however, taking his attitudes into the Air Force during the war in the Pacific.The grandson discovers astonishing links with his grandfather's history along this wild coastline. He must deal with the delayed impacts of the past, though, and must return to where it all began.
About the Author
Coast is author David Carnegie Young's eighth book, his first novel - the latest in a body of work exploring landscape, loss and memory. After many years working as a journalist and editor he has freelanced as an environmental historian. Among his publications are Faces of the River, Woven by Water: histories from the Whanganui River and Our Islands, Our Selves: a history of conservation in New Zealand. Currently, he is working on a book on sustainability in the Pacific.
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