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WINNER OF THE 2023 HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZEA WATERSTONES NATURE AND TRAVEL BEST BOOK OF 2023LONGLISTED 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 PocockA powerful journey of sea and self, trial and hope on the islands of ShetlandOn 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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| Weight | 0.243 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2 × 13 × 19.6 cm |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 352 |
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| Year Published | 2024-4-4 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 1804940550 |
| About The Author | 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. |
| Review Quote | I found the book a deeply moving, immersive journey through land, sea and the human heart |
| Other text | SEA BEAN is a coastal treasure. Its hard-won attentiveness shows the wonder and vulnerability of our interconnected oceans, wildlife and people. In Sally's writing, beachcombing – an old island pursuit – is modern, revealing and restorative. The next time I am at the shore I will have a deeper appreciation and curiosity |
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