RRP$39.99 • 240 × 170 mm • 248 pages Maps and family trees • ISBN 9781927131466 ISTC A02201200000222D6 • Published May 2013 SALES SHEET P O Box 12474, Wellingto n 6144 • Phone: 04 473 8128 Email: [email protected] • www.bwb.co.nz Migrations Journeys in time and place Rod Edmond This is my kind of book, and a book for any New Zealander descended from European immigrants, particularly from Britain. In a narrative that is learned, atmospheric and often gripping, Rod Edmond reflects on identity and migration with the penetrating insight of a still tenderly attached exile. Fleur Adcock In Migrations Rod Edmond traces the journeys of his Scottish forebears as they separately made their way to New Zealand. The migration story begins with Charles Murray leaving Aberdeenshire in 1884 to become a missionary on the island of Ambrym. On the other side of Scotland, Catherine McLeod and her family had already abandoned their small coastal croft and sailed for Tasmania. Encounters in Scottish and Pacic villages, a reconciliation ceremony , visits to country churches in New Zealand, and the shock of a city’s history transformed by earthquake – all are woven into an exploration of ‘migration’, of what it is and what it means in our lives. Evocations of place are quietly infused with an understanding of the past, subtly shifting perceptions of identity for current generations. A poignant meditation on the signicant but largely forgotten story of missionary enterprise, and an eloquent commentary on the back-and- forth lives so many people ha ve led, and continue to lead, between Britain and New Zealand. Nicholas Thomas, T rinity College, Cambridge Distributor: HarperCollins, P O Box 1, Shortland Street, Auckland Contact: [email protected] Sales Manager: [email protected] Key sales points • Journeys in time and place aptly sums up this charming narrative – a mix of travel writing and history. • This is ‘history from below’ – family history seen through the lens of an international post-colonial scholar . • It takes you from the Scottish highlands through the Pacic, to towns throughout New Zealand. • A book for general New Zealand readers and for specialists in genealogy , church history and family history.