{"product_id":"mountains-valley-by-pete-hay-and-tony-thorne-pb","title":"Mountains \u0026 Valley by Pete Hay and Tony Thorne | PB","description":"\u003cp class=\"Body\" style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTasmania’s understanding of itself is enhanced by every new project Pete Hay and Tony Thorne undertake. Geographical, historical, political, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMountains \u0026amp; Valley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e takes us through the Central Highlands and down the Derwent, from the land’s geological formation, on through invasion – ‘the inexorable inward tide’ – and into a time of ‘twee cafes serving Devonshire tea’. We glance into the lives of Kikatapula, making ‘the best of a bad bargain’, an Ouse ambulance driver on the way to ‘a prang just out of Derwent Bridge’ and a spotted-tailed quoll ‘speaking grace \/ speaking a deceptive delicacy’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\" style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHay’s prose is inflected by grief, ‘for the passing of people \/ of place, for the passing of all the living that lodges within’ while Thorne’s stark, delicate black and white imagery captures the intricacies of this ‘net of stories upon the land’. ‘With insight, tenderness, keen self-awareness and a huge, heartbreaking love for this complex island, Tony Thorne and Pete Hay peel away sentimentality and uncover the true heart of Lutruwita.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\" style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMountains \u0026amp; Valley is a worthy follow-up to the brilliant \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLast Days of the Mill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e and a testament to the enduring power of two of Tasmania’s great storytellers.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\" style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e~ Jane Rawson, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; 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