{"product_id":"waterfalls-of-stars-9781781723807","title":"Waterfalls of Stars","description":"\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDisgrifiad Cymraeg \/ Welsh Description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDyma lythyr caru Rosanne Alexander i Ynys Sgomer, y warchodfa natur lle y treuliodd ddeng mlynedd yn warden. Mae'r awdures yn portreadu ei pherthynas swynol â natur gan hudo'r darllenydd yn llwyr wrth iddi gofnodi'r modd y gofalodd am adar a morloi'r ynys, tra'n archwilio ei chymeriad ei hun yn ystod cyfnodau o arwahanrwydd o'r tir mawr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDisgrifiad Saesneg \/ English Description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWaterfalls of Stars is Rosanne Alexander's love letter to Skomer Island, the nature reserve where she spent ten years as a warden. 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She now lives in mid Wales, having continued as an environmentalist and illustrator. Her novel, Selkie, about the life of a young grey seal, was published by Andre Deutsch in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAdolygiad y Cyhoeddwr \/ Publisher Review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have been fascinated by the Pembrokeshire islands since going on a field trip to Skokholm as a schoolboy, so I was delighted to be given this book to review. Delighted, but a little apprehensive that it would not be worthy of the jewel-like, other-worldly dream-place that is Skomer. After all, much has been written before, notably by R.M. Lockley, whose works are classics of their genre. On receipt of the book I was also somewhat daunted by its format of small-font, closely-spaced text running to about 350 pages. I need not have worried. What we have here is a beautifully written, highly personal account of a young woman's life-changing ten years on a small island with just one companion. There is something deeply moving about this seemingly timid and unassuming young woman taking the enormous step of incarceration on a small island with her barely-known husband. This takes the book beyond nature writing into an almost anthropological investigation into the workings of the human spirit. Having said that, it is, indeed, nature writing of a high order: truthful, compelling and at the same time clearly expressed with modestly understated poesy. Lucid and original description enables an appreciation of this jewel of an island. Rosanne Alexander's metaphors are well thought out and pleasingly avoid the banal and the obvious. There is a good mix of natural history and reflective introspection, and the reader quickly warms to the bold and courageous ways in which she adapts to her unique circumstances, rather like the animals with which she shares her situation. There is no shortage of drama. Skomer is only a few miles off the Pembrokeshire coast, but the seas are extremely fickle and treacherous. There are many days when it is impossible for boats to cross the sound, and the inhabitants (in the winter just Rosanne and Mike) can be stuck on the island for weeks on end. They are dependent on their own resources and resilience. Some of the storms are truly ferocious, and the author describes them with admirable force, and sometimes terror. In the ten years that they were there, they had to cope with two major oil-spills from tankers in the Irish Sea. These tragic events were dealt with by superhuman efforts from a team of both naturalists, the RAF and workers from the oil industry, and Alexander covers the process with thoughtful compassion as well as seething anger at the despoliation of her once pristine adopted home. There are many lyrical moments when the author revels in the serenity and beauty of her surroundings. In describing the phosphorescent autumn sea she says, ‘it all added to the feeling that Skomer had almost endless layers to be unravelled, more than anywhere I had ever known’. 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