An Island to Oneself

"I chose to live in the Pacific islands because life there moves at the sort of pace which you feel God must have had in mind originally when He made the sun to keep us warm and provided the fruits of the earth for the taking; but though I came to know most of the islands, for the life of me I sometimes wonder what it was in my blood that had brought me to live among them." - Tom Neale

One of my favorite novellas and part of what inspired Jack and I to move to French Polynesia (besides the trip we took there after college) is Tom Neale's story "An Island to Oneself" about his life living on a uninhabited atoll in the Cook Islands. It's a great read and the complete version is available on line. Enjoy!

An Island to Onself