The charm of this book lies, at least partly, in the author's personal history. Barbara Newhall Follett's original manuscript was finished just a few days after her ninth birthday, only to be lost in a fire. The version that is published is her painstaking reconstruction completed aged twelve. To be…
Tag: nature writing
The Salt Path, Raynor Winn (2018)
And ahead of us? The walk, only the walk. The Salt Path charts the journey of Raynor Winn and her husband, Moth, from the point at which they lose everything. A poor investment and a naïve trust in justice over legal process leads to them being forced from their home…
The Outrun, Amy Liptrot (2016)
This autobiographical work about alcohol addiction sets Liptrot’s recovery against the wild landscape of Orkney (where ‘the sea has enough power to throw a seal over a fence’). Sober, she feels ‘like a fraud accepting praise…because I want to drink and feel it’s impossible that I won’t again. Yet I…