‘While Giants Sleep’ – Contents Page & Amazon Reviews

Hey you! (1964 – 1970)

And all who here ….
  8
Early morning snow
 10
The rat
 11
Explanations and interpretations
 14
Everydaynow
 15
Prospects
 16
A friend from way back
 17
Hanging in the balance (1984 – 1988)

Hanging in the balance
20
Domestic violence
24
If I could take the pain away
26
Sargasso
27
Men and women and the rock
30
Purchase on renewal
34
Arriving at this
36
The local climbing club is ten years old
40
Conversation points
43
Christmas alone – a beginner’s guide
45
Away and away (1989 – 1999)

Around Annapurna
 52
Whistling down to Jomsom
 57
Ogwen, November 1989
 59
Too far, too steep
 60
Two glasses
 62
Before the workshop
 63
A taste of life
 64
The cove
 68
Attempting to interfere
 70
Northumberland, 1996
 72
Lions and minnows
 74
Lost to the night
 76
Above grit
 77
If you see him …. leave him be
 78
Peninsular days (2004 – 2006)

Peninsular days
 88
Way to the west
 92
Around Land’s End
 96
Days of the Lizard
101
Amazon Reviews

Megan Taylor:  Whether discussing climbing, travel or relationships, Andy Miller’s unique collection is consistently lyrical and thought provoking, and often gripping. A book to repeatedly return to and to treasure”

Victoria Lewis:  This collection of stories and poems vividly paints a picture of the author’s experiences in life and love. Inspiring and entertaining, sometimes painful, but ultimately optimistic, this is a thoroughly good read”

Alastair Walker:  “Andy Miller has created an eclectic mix of prose and poetry that uses writing over a forty year period to illustrate some of the most important influences on his journey through life. Each piece is different but helps to represent a coherent set of attitudes and feelings. He is adept at bringing landscapes to life and the impact of those landscapes on people struggling to traverse them. He is even more adept, with a very light word-sketch touch, at introducing us to the character of those whom he meets. The book is both unique and excellent”

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