Atlas of Remote Islands

Judith Schalansky has declared this book is about "50 islands she has never visited and never will". If you are born on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall then I guess you might only write about places but never visit them. As I was reading through, I wondered if there will be an island featured that I have been to. Sure enough the Cook Islands gets a mention with its Pacific name of PukaPuka, however this island is 1300km from Rarotonga, so with all of James Cook's travels there must be numerous Cook Islands. Islands that are remote from Berlin may not be remote from Australia, so Norfolk Island hardly seems that far away to me. My  parents made it that far.
Judy Judy Judy writes a short story for each island. We are going back to Lord Howe Island next year. This could have qualified for her book, with plenty of story material as previously mentioned in ROBOT about Lord Howe like "The Return of the Phasmids" for instance.

Aitutaki