A review by kizzia
Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town by Lamorna Ash

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Like the sea this book defies categorisation and is deeply bewitching. Nature writing, travel memoir, history, politics, slice of life … this work is packed so full of interest. In other hands I think this could have been an exhausting read, as imparted so much information, but Lamorna wove each thread together so skilfully and lightly that it felt as easy as floating. I listened to the audiobook version of this and felt that having the narration done by Lamorna herself added another subtle layer to the work. I came away with a new understanding of the fishing industry, Cornwall, and what good writing can be and do. Cannot recommend this highly enough.