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A WATERSTONES NATURE AND TRAVEL BEST BOOK OF 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT NATURE WRITING PRIZE 2023 'Modern, revealing and restorative, a coastal treasure' Amy Liptrot 'Like its talismanic title, Huband's voice is distinct and singular. A gorgeous reckoning with the sea, islands and mythology' Sinéad Gleeson 'A wild melding of body and landscape. A deep, immersive, storm-tossed read' Helen Jukes 'As vital and complex as the oceans themseleves' Joanna Pocock A powerful journey of sea and self, trial and hope on the islands of Shetland On the storm-tossed beaches of the Shetland Archipelago, Sally Huband is searching. A message in a bottle, a mermaid's purse, a lobster trap tag, each find connects her more deeply with our oceans. But it is Sally's quest for a fabled sea bean that unlocks the myths of these islands and carries her through chronic illness towards a new and more resilient self.
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Sea Bean, Sally Huband
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- Released
- 2024
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- Title
- Sea Bean
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sally Huband
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 1804940550
- ISBN13
- 9781804940556
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Maps & Travel, Hobby, Travel
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- A WATERSTONES NATURE AND TRAVEL BEST BOOK OF 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT NATURE WRITING PRIZE 2023 'Modern, revealing and restorative, a coastal treasure' Amy Liptrot 'Like its talismanic title, Huband's voice is distinct and singular. A gorgeous reckoning with the sea, islands and mythology' Sinéad Gleeson 'A wild melding of body and landscape. A deep, immersive, storm-tossed read' Helen Jukes 'As vital and complex as the oceans themseleves' Joanna Pocock A powerful journey of sea and self, trial and hope on the islands of Shetland On the storm-tossed beaches of the Shetland Archipelago, Sally Huband is searching. A message in a bottle, a mermaid's purse, a lobster trap tag, each find connects her more deeply with our oceans. But it is Sally's quest for a fabled sea bean that unlocks the myths of these islands and carries her through chronic illness towards a new and more resilient self.