Twenty yearsago, two empty-nesters with a love of the outdoors stumbled upon avacant beach house on a small island in Clayoquot Sound, part of anoff-grid, ten-acre stretch nestled within a provincial park reserve. Escape to Clayoquot Soundis an extended love letter to this place, chronicling the decade Johnand Bea Dowd spent as year-round caretakers of the property.

Toldwith humour and heart in alternating voices, and lavishly illustratedthroughout with stunning natural photography, this book a story ofjoyful solitude, of living in harmony with wildlife and respecting theforces of nature. It is about the fleeting definition of home andfamily, and about creating community in the wilderness. Above all, it isa tribute to an achingly beautiful, fragile place.