I so enjoyed her Fugitive Pieces that I bought this book new!

Civil engineering as a shaper of lives, a moulder of landscapes - the shattering dislocations, losses and new vistas wrought by the Aswan dam, the St Lawrence Seaway. Told as a mosaic of lives and emotions. She writes beautifully about loss and love:

'I still have no word for that depth of sadness [years after a partner's death]. It is almost a different kind of sight; everything beautiful, a branding.'

Thank you for picking up this book. I'd love to see an entry telling me that it is safe with you. Do with it as you please... read it (or not!), give it to a friend, keep it, leave it in the "wild" for someone else to find - it's up to you! Enjoy!

On the windowsill near the door