The Bridge Between Worlds

Gavin Francis has written an exquisite book on a human structure we usually take for granted. This is a fascinating and delightful read – ALEXANDER McCALL SMITHInformative, imaginative and hugely enjoyable. Who knew? A bridge can take you anywhere! – SARA WHEELERIt’s rare and interesting to see bridges explored both as metaphors and as structures. The Bridge Between Worlds is a valuable reminder that the physical environment we build has immense social and cultural consequences – SARAH MOSSFrancis writes with energy, flair and empathy: The Bridge Between Worlds opens a marvellously rich seam of inquiry, striking many urgent and timely reverberations – MARINA WARNERFrancis is a thoughtful and engaging writer … there is a lightness of touch to Francis’s prose that is a delight to read – DOUG JOHNSTONE * * Big Issue * *The Bridge Between Worlds is a delight - a memoir of restlessness. Across five decades, Gavin Francis takes us to lands known and unknown, making us wonder on the very links that bind us as beings – JAMES CANTON[A] meditative travelogue … there is elegance in Francis’s book – ERICA WAGNER * * Financial Times * *Wonderful in the truest sense of the word. Thought-provoking and beautifully written. I’m full of admiration for his ability to seamlessly blend travelogue and memoir with a compassionate analysis of human endeavour and behaviour – MARISA HAETZMANPraise for Gavin Francis: Gavin Francis is a wonderful writer - thoughtful, engaging, immensely knowledgeable and supremely human – BILL BRYSONThought-provoking and elegant – HILARY MANTEL

Gavin Francis is an award-winning writer and GP. He is the author of ten non-fiction books, including Island Dreams which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2020; Adventures in Human Being which was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the Saltire Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award; Empire Antarctica, which won Scottish Book of the Year in the SMIT Awards and was shortlisted for both the Ondaatje and Costa Prizes; and Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence, which was a Sunday Times bestseller. He has written for the Guardian, The Times, the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books. His work has been translated into twenty languages. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.