Sabrina Davis

Humans of Kangaroo Island (eBook, ePUB)

People make a place

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Kangaroo Island is a tight-knit community of self-reliant people passionate about farming, food, art, animals, nature, and sport. But even the tough become daunted. Lurching from one tragedy to the next, the worldwide pandemic overwhelmed the recovery of an island that had already lost it all during the devastation of the Black Summer fires in early 2020. Touched personally by both tragedies, author Sabrina Davis interviews these still hard-working, positive, and resilient people as they reflect on their changing world, share stories from their childhoods, talk about their home countries and cultures and reveal their personal and poignant struggles. In this thoughtful book, Kangaroo Islanders of all ages reminisce about what makes their island home so special and why they can't imagine living elsewhere. From the original soldier settlers to local firefighters, wise elders, doctors and young school students, these wonderful local humans give an insight into island life before and after bushfires amidst a global virus, with glimmers of insight for people across the world. This is authentic storytelling at its best-raw and genuine-delving into the tragedies of life, the highs and lows experienced across generations, and the emotional aftermath following a natural disaster. Sales of this story collection will benefit the Kangaroo Island community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stories for Impact
• Seitenzahl: 78
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781925856507
• Artikelnr.: 62947630

Autorenporträt

Sabrina Davis is an award-winning professional writer and proofreader who grew up in Eastern Germany. She has a passion for storytelling and the beautiful tangle of relationships between people. As a young girl, when she didn't have her head inside books, Sabrina was a writer of her own imaginary stories. Her dreams were to follow in her grandfather's footsteps one day, a part-time sports journalist whom she adored and followed around every weekend reporting about community soccer games and developing her typewriting skills. Finding her adult feet in Public Relations and Marketing, she honed her writing craft in copywriting and selling brands for years until the travel bug hit her. Whilst exploring the world and eventually finding love in Australia, the now 38-year-old kept writing travel blogs to share her adventures with a growing community of readers. When Sabrina made South Australia's gem Kangaroo Island her home, she realised she had found something very special and unique-a place and community you'll never forget. After experiencing devastation herself during the Black Summer fires in 2019/20, followed by the isolation of Covid-19, the mother-of-two returned to her writing roots, with the powerful urge to communicate with and for her island community. Initially wanting to connect, uplift and inspire the people around her, Sabrina sensitively collected and published people's stories online. Sharing the islander's highs and lows have become not only her passion but also enabled her to give back to her community, encouraging, motivating and supporting them with her fundraising efforts. These powerful stories soon found book form, extending the inspiration to others around the world.