Plenty on My Plate

The Mitre Press, London, 1972
'After running a hotel, won't you find living among all those sheep, hundres of miles from anywhere, a little rustic and dull?' This was a comment frequently made while Sarah and Shamus prepared to sail for New Zealand. But life in the Blacks' menage is never dull, wherever it may be. This book is a humerous and eye-opening description of situations in which any migrant could be involved, so, before hijacking a rowing boat to anywhere, do plenty of spade work first, and end up by liking, rather than lumping, what you find on your plate.