Homesick - Why I Live in a Shed

Zusatztext A lyrical love song to unconventional living forced by the housing crisis Informationen zum Autor Catrina Davies was born in Snowdonia and grew up around Land's End, Cornwall. She has worked as a DJ, gardener, circus cellist, cleaner, TEFL teacher, dog walker, flower-picker, builder and waitress. She has also released two records. Her first book Fearless is a memoir about busking from Norway to Portugal. Homesick is her second book. Klappentext A memoir of moving away from a box room shared with five other people in Bristol to live instead in the Cornwall of the author's childhood, building a shed to live in and reflecting on the fragility of the natural world as well as the economic difficulty of establishing a sense of home back in the built-up human world. Zusammenfassung The memoir of a personal housing crisis that led to a discovery of the true value of home, nature and belonging.

Product details

• Authors: Catrina Davies, Davies Catrina
• Publisher: Riverrun
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781787478664
• ISBN: 978-1-78747-866-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / General, HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living, LAW / Housing & Urban Development, The environment, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Housing & homelessness, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design