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Dark, Salt, Clear - Life in a Cornish Fishing Town (Hardcover)
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Dark, Salt, Clear - Life in a Cornish Fishing Town (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 4 840
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A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
'A bracing account of discovery ... Glistens with deftly told
snippets and character-rich stories' Financial Times 'Marks the
birth of a new star of non-fiction' William Dalrymple A
captivating, lyrical and deeply discerning portrait of life in the
Cornish town of Newlyn, the largest working fishing port in
Britain, from a brilliant debut writer There is the Cornwall
Lamorna Ash knew as a child - the idyllic, folklore-rich place
where she spent her summer holidays. Then there is the Cornwall she
discovers when, feeling increasingly dislocated in London, she
moves to Newlyn, a fishing town near Land's End. This Cornwall is
messier and harder; it doesn't seem like a place that would welcome
strangers. Before long, however, Lamorna finds herself on a
week-long trawler trip with a crew of local fishermen, afforded a
rare glimpse into their world, their warmth and their humour. Out
on the water, miles from the coast, she learns how fishing requires
you to confront who you are and what it is that tethers you to the
land. But she also realises that this proud and compassionate
community, sustained and defined by the sea for centuries, is under
threat, living in the lengthening shadow cast by globalisation. An
evocative journey of personal discovery replete with the poetry and
deep history of our fishing communities, Dark, Salt, Clear confirms
Lamorna Ash as a strikingly original new voice.
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