'An Island to Oneself' republished

From Nights, 10:30 pm on 9 October 2024

New Zealander Tom Neale lived a life many would envy - spending a total of 16 years alone on Suwarrow Island, a remote Cook Island atoll.

Envied for his apparant freedom and admired for his obvious fortitude, Neale published a well-recieved but long-forgotten book about his Suwarrow life, An Island to Oneself, in 1966.

A new version of Tom Neale's book An Island to Oneself is out this week - containing a brand new epilogue written by his daughter, Stella Neale.

She joins Emile Donovan.

The cover of "AN ISLAND TO ONESELF". A photo of Tom Neale sitting on a deck chair on a beautiful deserted island.

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