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“Findings, and her later books of essays, are suffused with wit and insight, conveyed in prose so clear, subtly balanced, and powerful that I often put down the book, temporarily stunned. Then I start reading again, with a huge smile of appreciation and admiration. She is renowned for careful observations and reflections that erase the boundaries between the so-called “natural” and human worlds. This erasure—or blurring—is especially important in Scotland, a nation that writers from elsewhere have repeatedly described through a romantic naturalist lens, seeking “wild” refuge and even claiming the landscape as their own.” Read more...
The best books on Natural History
David George Haskell, Biologist
“Her tone is just really well judged and her beautiful, clear-eyed descriptions show the reality of the coastlines.” Read more...
Amy Liptrot chooses the best of Nature Writing
Amy Liptrot, Memoirist
