Map for the heart : Ida Valley essays /
Jillian Sullivan.
- Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, Te Whare Tā o Te Wānanga o Ōtākou, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (184 pages)
Description based upon print version of record. Essays.
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Becoming Something Other -- Between Lands -- Ancient Land -- A Privileged Job -- The Hawkdun Range -- A Roof Over Our Heads -- Cycling with Bartali: A year in the valley -- In the Midst of My True Life -- Barefoot Running -- Snow of 63 -- Love, Loss and the Fraser Basin -- The Art and Adventure of Subsistence -- Growing Closer -- The Primitive Hut -- Lifting Walls -- What if a River Wants to Sing? -- Blackstone Hill -- Three Paths to Rough Ridge -- Across the Whited Fields -- References by Essay -- Acknowledgements -- Thanks
"To live in Central Otago is to come to terms with the dominance of nature. Writer Jillian Sullivan set out to walk the hills and mountains of the Ida Valley where she lives, and follow the Manuherekia River from the mountains to its confluence with the Clutha/Mata-au. Her aim was to explore not only the land and river for themselves, but the ways in which we grow in intimacy with where we live; how our histories, and those of the people who went before us, our experiences of loss and love, our awakening to what is around us, bring us closer to community - closer to a meaningful life.Map for the Heart is a haunting collection of essays braiding history and memoir with environmentalism. It leads readers to the core of the questions that persist throughout a life: who to love, how to love, how to be independent and yet how to live a moral life that also cares for others."--Back cover.
Natural history--New Zealand--Central Otago District. Women authors, New Zealand--21st century--Biography. Authors, New Zealand--21st century--Biography.