The Shetland Way - Community and Climate Crisis on my Father's Islands

'Fascinating... written with clarity and rooted in deep affection' Observer
'A timely and balanced book that offers a unique insight into a debate whose relevance is only going to grow' The Times
A memoir and investigation exploring loss, community and the climate crisis in the Shetland Islands by environmental journalist Marianne Brown.
'Elegant' Sunday Telegraph
'Engrossing' i News
'Moving' The Shetland Times
'A remarkable and complex book about what makes us human'George McGavin
When environmental journalist Marianne Brown arrived in Voe, Shetland, to attend the funeral of her father, she discovered a community on the frontline of the climate crisis.
The construction of a huge windfarm, greenlit to export energy to mainland Scotland, had created rifts - with one side supporting the environmental benefits, and the other opposing the impact on local wildlife.
The Shetland Way is an extraordinary investigation into this story - of sustainability, grief, and a debate that mirrors global concerns about how we save the planet.

About the author

Marianne Brown

Product details

• Authors: Marianne Brown
• Publisher: The Borough Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 16.02.2026
• EAN: 9780008596194
• ISBN: 978-0-00-859619-4
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Climate Change, Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Shetland Islands, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social impact of environmental issues, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs