Feelings about lost or destroyed places rouse our deepest emotions.
Losing a home or a suburb or leaving a homeland can be like losing
a loved one. This book examines what it means to lose a place
forever and why we return, and keep on returning, to these places
so large in our memories. It considers many lost towns, suburbs,
and homes: Darwin after Cyclone Tracy, the flooding of the town of
Adaminaby in New South Wales, the inundation of Lake Pedder in
Tasmania, bushfire at Macedon in Victoria, migration from other
countries, the clearing of neighbourhoods for freeways and the
everyday circumstances which force people from their land. Peter
Read establishes how important the places we live in are, and how
much we grieve when we lose them. It tells a human story, which is
disturbing, poetic, and often inspiring. Everyone who has lost a
place of importance to them will find it unforgettable.
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