The Seeker and the Sage by Brigid Delaney

The Seeker and the Sage by Brigid DelaneyWe are all going to die, so how should we live? A traumatised journalist is given a dream assignment track down the mayor of a remote and mysterious town whose citizens are reported to be the happiest people on Earth. Journeying into a harsh and inhospitable landscape, she overcomes many obstacles before arriving in Silver Springs, whose citizens live according to the ancient philosophy of Stoicism and where she has been granted three days to

she feels something she's never felt before

He claims to be in a 'deconstructed' relationship

But mostly it is a story about raw human emotions

His childhood has been marred by this violence

or optimistic

With this book in hand

From nearly being washed away by flash floods in the Kimberley to being marooned on an island in the Top End eating stingray

chances upon her first love

fighting droughts

They take satisfaction from their work

What is history’s future

in colonial history