Island on the Edge A Life on Soay

Anne Cholawo was a typical 80s career girl working in a busy London advertising agency until 1989. This book describes her extraordinary transition from a hectic urban lifestyle to one of rural isolation and self-sufficiency, without mains electricity, medical services, shops or any of the other modern amenities we take for granted.

About the author

Anne Cholawo was born and brought up in Luton. She studied Art and Design at college and later became a graphic artist and studio manager at a number of advertising agencies in London, including Saatchi and Saatchi. She moved to Soay to live in 1990. While on the island she met the man who is now her husband, Robert Cholawo.

Product details

• Authors: Cholawo Anne, Anne Cholawo
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 07.05.2026
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
• EAN: 9781839830952
• ISBN: 978-1-83983-095-2
• Pages: 272
• Subjects: Transformation, SELF-HELP / General, NATURE / General, History, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, natural history, Self-help & personal development, Travel writing, Lifestyle, sport & leisure, Local History, Social and cultural history, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Biography and Memoir, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, personal story, 1980s, Scottish islands, Urban lifestyle, personal journey, reconnecting with nature;personal story;unique wildlife;urban lifestyle;Hebridean Sharker;London Advertiser;Tex Geddes;Career Girl;1980s;Isle of Soay;rat race;Feel good reads;Scottish Islands;personal journey;Transformation;Island existence;Island of, feel good reads, Career Girl, rat race, island escapes, Hebridean Sharker, Island existence, Island of Soay, Isle of Soay, Tex Geddes, London Advertiser, island memoir, unique wildlife