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fantastic book about pitcairn

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 10:19

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notnowbernard · 14/09/2007 10:21

Is Pitcairn the Island out inthe ?Pacific? owned by the British? Was there a sexual abuse trial a few years back?

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 10:21

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notnowbernard · 14/09/2007 10:23

Have just looked at the link, will have to go and buy! I remember reading about the whole trial thing a few years ago...does anyone know what the outcome was?

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 10:24

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Mercy · 14/09/2007 10:25

Only 38 inhabitants

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 10:26

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notnowbernard · 14/09/2007 10:26

Bizarrely fascinating...

Am sure the SWs are welcomed with opened arms!

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 10:27

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notnowbernard · 14/09/2007 10:29

So how long did the author stay on the Islsnd for? I understood the inhabitants were majorly hostile to outsiders

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 10:29

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 10:29

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notnowbernard · 14/09/2007 10:33

Thanks for link!

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 10:33

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 10:34

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Lilymaid · 14/09/2007 10:48

St Kilda book very interesting - I remember the bits about the feet of the natives - strangely shaped to help them climb cliffs barefoot - and how so many babies dies because when the umbilical cord was cut, they were "anointed" with cormorant oil.

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 10:50

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harrisey · 14/09/2007 11:27

Oooh sounds good I love travel type books (just finished 'SHow Me The magic: Round Benin in a Taxi" which I liked very much.

St Kilda is a magical place though! My dh was a GP in the Hebrides and had a patient who had been born out there!

harrisey · 14/09/2007 11:29

Ohh and if you like books about Islands try Sea Room by Adam Nicolson. Its great.

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 11:30

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FluffyMummy123 · 14/09/2007 11:31

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