COAST

COAST is a novel that sets up a resonance between a departing shore in Scotland,and a receiving shore, in New Zealand. The story begins with a Scots ploughman from the Mearns, who is confronted with a new and sometimes volatile environment in coastal Rangitikei-Whanganui, New Zealand. There his opportunities within a Scots community are ultimately robbed from him by the war on the Western Front. However, the relationship he has established with this memorable coastal landscape connects fathers and sons through three generations.

About the author
David Young connects a lifelong fascination with water, memory and landscape in his latest book, a novel.

David works as a professional writer in the field of history and the environment - for film, print media and oral history. He is published widely in essays, articles, magazines and books.
A Stout Research Fellowship (Victoria University, Wellington) resulted in Woven by Water: Histories from the Whanganui River. History and conservation form the core of his work, which includes Faces of the River : Our Islands Our Selves : A history of conservation in New Zealand and Whio : Saving the endangered blue duck.
Recently he received a Creative New Zealand-Fulbright residency to the University of Hawaii.
David lives in New Zealand and lectures on sustainability, environmental management and history.

Publisher - Sea Change Productions - seachangenz@gmail.com
RRP $38.00