Heading for Home

Zahava Hanan's struggle to save her ranch in Alberta from the threat of industrial pollution makes this a modern tale on an epic scale. For twenty years she fought for her rights in Western Canada. 'Heading for Home' gives a very warm account of her companions throughout those years from cowhands to loveable animals; from concerned neighbours to the formality of the company man, some of whom too, eventually became firm friends. Aided at times in her struggle by her friend the author and tracker Andy Russell, 'Heading for Home' tells the tale of how one woman's strength and willpower contributed to our heightened sense of mutual awareness. This is a masterpiece of its kind, and truly original, since nobody of her sensibility has written on the subject at all. There are countless travel books about wild places and countless cosy books about life in the town. This happens to be unique both in the handling of her environment and in her ability to feel and write about it.