Rag and Bone - A Family History of What We've Thrown Away

Zusatztext Subtle, lyrical and funny Informationen zum Autor Lisa Woollett's family have found value in what is thrown away for generations - her great-grandfather was a scavenger and her grandfather was a dustman, while she herself has been a beachcomber all her life, and in recent years has taken photographs of her beach and river finds. She is the author of two award-winning photography books about the sea, and Rag and Bone won a Royal Society of Literature Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction. She has lived in Cornwall with her family since 2004, in a house shared with buckets and boxes of shore finds. Klappentext A brilliantly written combination of family memoir, social history and nature writing.A brilliantly written combination of family memoir, social history and nature writing. Zusammenfassung A brilliantly written combination of family memoir, social history and nature writing.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Woollett, Woollett Lisa
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.07.2020
• EAN: 9781473663961
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-6396-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 218 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Cornwall, London, Greater London, City of London, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, Pollution & threats to the environment, Family history, tracing ancestors, Pollution and threats to the environment, The Thames