Land Beneath the Waves (how nature helps chronic illness)

Land Beneath the Waves is a moving and honest memoir of a nature writer, who lives with chronic illness. She begins by researching the history of her local landscape and wildlife, realising her affinity with the wild, as she coped with a mother who also had debilitating chronic illness.

Now in her 40s (and struggling with mental and physical health herself), the author revisits her childhood to trace the natural world on her life. And as boundaries between self and land become increasingly porous, and the lure of the wetlands around her home, threaten to engulf her.

About the author

Nic Wilson is a writer and Guardian country diarist. She taught A-level English before working freelance for a gardening magazine.