Sea Bean [electronic resource] : Winner of the 2023 Highland Book Prize
Huband, Sally2023
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A WATERSTONES NATURE AND TRAVEL BEST BOOK OF 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 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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Author:
Huband, Sally, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Cornerstone, 2023
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Sally Huband was born in Bristol in 1974. A writer and naturalist, she received a Masters in Conservation from University College London and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. For her doctorate she combined ecology and ethnography to research the butterflies of hay meadow habitats in the Romanian Carpathians. She is a recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award, and her work has been published in Antlers of Water and Archipelago - A Reader. Sally lives in the Shetland Islands with her daughter, son and husband. Sea Bean is her first book.
ISBN:
9781529152340
Language:
English
BRN:
4054238
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