{"product_id":"imaginative-possession-learning-to-live-in-the-antipodes","title":"Imaginative Possession: Learning to live in the Antipodes","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeking ways to understand her chosen continent better, Belinda Probert bought a rural property outside of Melbourne to observe the land more closely and learn how to garden differently.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt a time when many easy assumptions about how we live and how our society functions are being questioned there is room for contemplation of a country that is ancient, occupied for at least sixty thousand years, and young, a national federation for only twelve decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBelinda Probert, a migrant from England sets out to question in words and action how well she understands the landscapes she has seen and the people that have shaped them. She takes with her a set of writers who have asked the same questions, or provided interpretations of our sense of belonging, to test their words against her own emerging views.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWondering how a nation of immigrants can fully settle here she decided she needed to buy a property in the 'country' so she could observe it more closely, and learn to garden differently. Trees fell on her, ants bit her, and bowerbirds stole her crops, but from the exercise, she discovers much more about soil, trees, water, animals and protecting herself from fire emergencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDriving back and forth she learns to see the ancient heritage all around us, and rural industries that have destroyed and created so much.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Belinda Probert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42919811350697,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/probert.jpg?v=1676696398","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/imaginative-possession-learning-to-live-in-the-antipodes","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}