Review: The Offing
Gaby Meares
I borrowed The Offing from the library and regretfully returned it. I immediately hot-footed it to my local bookshop and purchased my very own copy. This is a book to own and cherish and make personal margin notes to self to be rediscovered. Because The Offing is a book you will return to, especially when your soul needs the application of a gentle balm.
There’s a plot, but that’s not what this book is all about. It’s a homage to nature and the seasons and being immersed in the here and now, without distraction. It’s about friendship and how it can be transformative if your heart is open. It’s about love and grief and music and poetry and wine and books, because ‘books [may be] just paper, but they contain within them revolutions’.
So, pour yourself a generous glass of wine, make yourself comfortable and immerse yourself in the company of Dulcie and Robert.