Undercurrent
Hardback
A Cornish memoir of poverty and resilience, shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2023
'At times roaring and visceral, in turn gentle and embracing, always driven by hope and determination'
RAYNOR WINN'Haunting and powerful' KATE MOSSE Natasha Carthew was born into a world that sat alongside picture-postcard Cornwall, one where second homes took the sea view of council properties, summer months shifted the course of people's lives, and wealth converged with poverty on sandy beaches.In the rockpools and hedgerows of the natural world, Natasha found solace in the beauty of the landscape, and in the mobile library she found her means of escape. In Undercurrent she returns to the cliff paths of her childhood, determined to make sense of an upbringing shaped by political neglect and a life defined by the beauty of nature.This is a journey through place, and a vivid story of hope, beauty and fierce resilience.'Marvellous, moving and mesmerising' ANITA SETHI'A story of queer resistance, of community and of finding your own voice' DAMIAN BARRBuy now!
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- ISBN: 9781399706476
- Author: Natasha Carthew
- Pub date: 12.07.23
- RRP: $60.00
- Format: Hardback
Author
Natasha Carthew
Natasha Carthew is a working-class writer and poet from Cornwall where she lives with her girlfriend. She is the author of eight books and is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Working Class Writers Festival.
Natasha is well known for writing on socioeconomic issues and has written extensively on the subject of how authentic rural working-class voices are represented in fiction for several publications and programmes; including ITV, the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, The Royal Society of Authors Journal, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, ITV, the Guardian, the Dark Mountain Project, The Bookseller, Book Brunch, the Big Issue and The Economist.Other books by the author
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