Short listed for the Whitbread Biography Award. Richard Mabey's Wonderfully observed account of how the natural world helped him recover from clinical depression.
Richard Mabey's descent into clinical depression was so annihilating that he could neither work nor play, nor sustain relationships with family or friends. He was drinking too much, taking too many pills - and worst of all had lost pleasure in the outside world. This remarkable work charts his gradual return to joyfulness.
Mabey is a radical, inheritor of an old English tradition…The core of the book is his exploration of his new landscape. It feels a privilege to share it, watching him unpick the layers of watery Norfolk, with dazzling skill and the warmest of hearts, as his troubled mind heals. Michael McCarthy Independent
Written in the radiant, tingle-making prose that has earned Mabey literary prizes and a multitude of fans… both a wake-up call and an example of how the love of nature can electrify and heal the imagination. Val Hennessy Daily Mail
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About Richard Mabey
Richard Mabey is the author of the bestselling, award-winning and ground-breaking FLORA BRITANNICA (which sold nearly 90,000 at -35), as well as many highly praised books about nature and the environment, including FOOD FOR FREE and THE UNOFFICIAL COUNTRYSIDE. His book about Gilbert White won the Whitbread Biography of the Year.
