Land Beneath the Waves : How the Natural World Helped One Woman Navigate Chronic Illness, Self-Acceptance and Belonging and the presence of birds

and the presence of birds in myth

storks carry newborn babies

new spaces and new voices with which to conjure

where the sea settles and what can thrive

Dwell is a beautifully produced and richly illustrated poetry collection by UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage

Land Beneath the Waves : How the Natural World Helped One Woman Navigate Chronic Illness, Self-Acceptance and Belonging and the presence of birdsA moving, honest and revealing memoir of living with chronic illness, and an examination of the ways a relationship with the natural world can affect us, from debut author and nature writer Nic Wilson. When Nic Wilson begins researching the history of her local landscape and its wildlife, the last thing she wants to do is consider her own past. But as she unearths tales of giant sequoias, puss moths, nightingales and chalk streams, Nic realises her