{"product_id":"9780143205715","title":"Navigation: A Memoir","description":"Author: Cowley, Joy\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143205715\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin NZ\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Sep 2010\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the world of New Zealand children's books, the name Joy Cowley engenders enormous respect and affection.\u003cbr\u003e She has published dozens and dozens of children's trade books of all kinds, such as the \u003ci\u003eMrs Wishy Washy\u003c\/i\u003e series, the award-winning \u003ci\u003eShadrach\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy and \u003ci\u003eHunter\u003c\/i\u003e. And she has written literally hundreds of readers for the international educational book market. She is constantly in demand as a guest performer and speaker all over the world, but particularly in the US.\u003cbr\u003e Joy has also written a tantalisingly small number of very fine adult novels, beginning with \u003ci\u003eNest in a Falling Tree\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1970s and including \u003ci\u003eClassic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMusic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHoly Days\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by Penguin in the early 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e Joy also has an additional dimension. She is an intensely thoughtful and spiritual person, who writes and practises what she preaches and owns a lodge\/retreat centre at Fish Bay in the Marlborough Sounds created by Joy and her husband Terry.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNavigation\u003c\/i\u003e is a relaxed, beautifully written memoir, not in any sense a formal autobiography. It contains wonderful sections on Joy's life growing up in a small Manawatu town (her first job on leaving school was as a pharmacy assistant in Foxton), her family life and her exploration of the joys of writing. It touches down constantly at Fish Bay in the Sounds, where Joy writes passionately about the landscape, the seasons and the natural world around her.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67451907211422,"sku":"UBD-9780143205715","price":36.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143205715.jpg?v=1790835395","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143205715","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}