{"product_id":"island-of-dreams","title":"Island Of Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003eDan Boothby had been drifting for more than twenty years, without the pontoons of family, friends or a steady occupation. He was looking for but never finding the perfect place to land. Finally, unexpectedly, an opportunity presented itself. After a lifelong obsession with Gavin Maxwell''s Ring of Bright Water trilogy, Boothby was given the chance to move to Maxwell''s former home, a tiny island on the western seaboard of the Highlands of Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsland of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is about Boothby''s time living there, and about the natural and human history that surrounded him; it''s 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 Boothby''s own story is a quest to better understand the mysterious Gavin Maxwell.\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and frequently leavened with a dry wit, \u003ci\u003eIsland of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is a charming celebration of the particularities of place.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317706432894,"sku":"NW9781509800773","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781509800773.jpg?v=1778658724","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/island-of-dreams","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}