My World Is an Island

In My World is an Island, famed Maine writer Elisabeth Ogilvie tells of her life on an island off the Maine coast. Now back in print, this entertaining first person narrative has been updated with a new selection of photographs and a special epilogue by the author. The unusual thing about this book," says Miss Ogilvie, " is that I had no idea of doing it. I didn't think there was anything outstanding about my life on Gay's Island. However, my agent kept saying, "Try it." It was a great challenge to be interesting, and sometimes funny, without caricaturing people (or inventing them)