{"title":"Ashley Hay","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our curated collection of works by the acclaimed author Ashley Hay. Known for her profound storytelling and evocative language, Hay seamlessly blends elements of history, science, and human experiences in her narratives, captivating readers with each turn of the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong her notable works is \u003cem\u003eGum\u003c\/em\u003e, a vivid exploration that delves into the natural world. This book belongs to our Science \u0026amp; Nature category, offering insightful reflections on Australia's botanical landscape and the intricate bonds shared with the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps most celebrated is \u003cem\u003eThe Railwayman’s Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel that resides in our General Fiction category. This poignant tale weaves together themes of love, loss, and resilience set against the backdrop of post-war Australia. Hay's gifted storytelling transports readers to another time, immersing them in a richly detailed world filled with emotion and complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExplore Ashley Hay's works to uncover intricate stories that transcend time and place, each crafted with depth and sensitivity that is sure to leave a lasting impression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-railwaymans-wife-by-ashley-hay-9781760110925","title":"The Railwayman's Wife","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a small town on the land's edge, in the strange space at a war's end, a widow, a poet and a doctor each try to find their own peace, and their own new story. In Thirroul, in 1948, people chase their dreams through the books in the railway's library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnikka Lachlan searches for solace after her life is destroyed by a single random act. Roy McKinnon, who found poetry in the mess of war, has lost his words and his hope. Frank Draper is trapped by the guilt of those his treatment and care failed on their first day of freedom. All three struggle with the same question: how now to be alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in clear, shining prose, with an eloquent understanding of the human heart, \u003cem\u003eThe Railwayman's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e explores the power of beginnings and endings, and how hard it can be sometimes to tell them apart. It's a story of life, loss and what comes after; of connection and separation, longing and acceptance. Most of all, it celebrates love in all its forms, and the beauty of discovering that loving someone can be as extraordinary as being loved yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46846598021356,"sku":"9781760110925","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18496193482814.jpg?v=1758914351"},{"product_id":"gum-by-ashley-hay-9781742237534","title":"Gum","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo matter where you look in Australia, you're more than likely to see a eucalyptus tree. Scrawny or majestic, smooth as pearl or rough as guts, they have defined a continent for millennia and shaped the possibilities and imaginations of those who live among them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAustralia's First Nations have long knowledge of the characters and abilities of the eucalypts. As part of the disruption wrought by colonial Australia, botanists battled in a race to count, classify, and characterise these complex species in their own system—a battle that has now spanned more than two hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGum: The story of eucalypts \u0026amp; their champions\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of that battle and of some of the other eucalyptographers—the explorers, poets, painters, foresters, conservationists, scientists, engine drivers, and many more who have been obsessed by these trees and who have sought to champion their powers, explore their potential, and describe their future states. Eucalypts have fuelled this country's mighty fires as readily as they've fuelled so many arguments about the ways they might be thought of, and yet they are as vulnerable as any other organism to the disruptions and threats of climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of \u003ci\u003eGum\u003c\/i\u003e, from award-winning author Ashley Hay, is a powerful and lyrical exploration of these transformative and still transforming trees. It's a story of unique landscapes, curious people, and very big ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAshley Hay writes with heart, head, energy and passion. She understands the natural world as we must all experience it, with deep love and respect. To preserve Country and to save ourselves we must live with and in a treed world. They are our champions, just as Ashley Hay is for them. — Tony Birch, author of \u003ci\u003eThe White Girl\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDark as Last Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eGum\u003c\/i\u003e is one of my favourite books, I return to it often. Ashley Hay's curiosity ranges wide, her research skills run deep, and she's a beautiful writer, thinker, and storyteller. To have all these skills brought to bear upon a tree as deserving, as iconic, as the eucalyptus: well, I'm in heaven. — Sophie Cunningham, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMelbourne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA classic of Australian environmental writing, \u003ci\u003eGum\u003c\/i\u003e offers a startling new perspective on Australian history, suggesting powerful new ways of seeing the past and revealing the complex and often surprising ways trees shape both our physical and imaginary worlds. — James Bradley, author of \u003ci\u003eGhost Species\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAshley Hay's words fill you with the same kind of awe and wonder as a crushed gum leaf held to your nose: \u003ci\u003eGum\u003c\/i\u003e is a heady, intoxicating and powerful exploration of the extraordinary history and relationships between people and the iconic eucalyptus. Since reading this book, the sight of gum trees has filled me with a new level of reverence and gratitude to know these sentient beings, and to know Ashley Hay's writing. — Holly Ringland, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart\u003c\/i\u003e and co-presenter of \u003ci\u003eBack to Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book's great strength comes from the unfolding sense of Australian national identity that somehow crystallises around the eucalyptus tree. — Tim Flannery, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e (2002)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHay's \u003ci\u003eGum\u003c\/i\u003e is like a gum itself: it is made in equal parts of light and leaf; of music and matter... 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