Belonging

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “From the richness of her experiences Huggan has fashioned a memoir of singular beauty.” —London Free Press “Fans of the calm, elegant intelligence of Alice Munro or Carol Shields will feel right at home.” —Vancouver Sun “Huggan’s story of her midlife move to France is what Peter Mayle’s Provence should have been. An outstanding writer who speaks from the heart with great intelligence, Huggan . . . explores what it is to be in a new country, and what draws us to our old ones.” —Globe and Mail “Isabel Huggan takes the reader around the world, from France to Canada to Kenya to the Philippines to Australia and back again. . . . Her descriptions of the mountains, forests, and sea in Tasmania are lyrical and lucid, as are all her evocations of landscapes. . . . A remarkably strong and subtle voice.” —Toronto Star “Huggan writes with a gentle thoughtfulness and her phrases are suffused with beauty. . . . Her style is warm and confiding, like a friend asking you in for tea on a dreary day. She explores her own heart and mind with a deft touch and in the process answers some big questions about who we are and how we became who we are. . . . Belonging shows us that home is always with us.” —Hamilton Spectator “This is a book you’ll have to give away and buy another and another—until finally you can keep one for yourself to read again in the small hours our lives are made of.” —Lorna Crozier, author of After That and Through the Garden “A book about the yearning to belong, family ties, unexpected friendships, and how life usually turns out to be quite different from our plans. . . . [Belonging is] a pleasure to read and provides an intimate look at a fascinating and open-minded woman.” —Toronto Sun ""The book is part engaging memoir and part intriguing exploration of how the creative mind works.” —Winnipeg Free Press “Summer reading, I believe, should either draw you forcefully out of your world, or draw you irresistibly further into it. Belonging may do both. . . . This is not so much a book to read, as to re-read. Huggan’s stories [are] graced with turns of phrase and pockets of language that, well, make you turn down the page to go back.” —The Observer “The best part of this book is her candid and engaging voice. By the time you turn the page on the last memoir in the collection, you feel welcomed as a friend, made privy to confidences, epiphanic insights, and intimate memories.” —Ottawa Citizen “Belonging is an elegant, gracefully written reminiscence of what it means to leave your home and native land. . . . It’s an entrancing journey.” —The Sun Times