Serpent in Paradise

By Dea Birkett

Subjects: Pitcairn island, Oceania, Birkett, Dea, 1958-, Journeys, Pacific area, description and travel, Description and travel, Birkett, Dea,, Pitcairn islands, Travel

Description: Author Dea Birkett is inspired to go to Pitcairn Island and contrives a reason and wrangles a grant from the Royal Mail to fulfill her dream of paradise. What she finds is a tiny community of hardy folk who make their island even smaller by their constant presence in each others' lives.