Twelve Moons - A year under a shared sky

TWELVE MOONS follows a year spent caught between the wild sea and the changing moon of the wide Northumberland skies. Caro Giles lives on the far edge of the country, with her tribe of daughters: The Mermaid, The Whirlwind, The Caulbearer and The Littlest One. She is at once alone and yet surrounded. Bound by circumstance, financial constraints, illness and the challenges of single motherhood, she has nowhere to go but the fierce landscape that surrounds her. Over the course of the year, the moon becomes her fellow traveller through dark times, and companion through joyful ones - and even when the sky is wreathed in cloud, the moon is still felt in the pull of the tides. TWELVE MOONS follows the lunar calendar, each chapter sharing a month and a moon, and shows the simmering power that lies in our often hidden daily lives. A dazzlingly honest memoir that while never turning away from the awkward truths of life, also shows how love will flourish if we can only find a space for ourselves. Set against windswept beaches and ancient hills, this is a story steeped in nature and landscape. Since our earliest days, mankind has looked up at the moon and seen a story reflected back. Twelve Moons is one of those stories - a book about finding yourself, your voice and a sense that even in the dark of the night, we are never truly alone.

About the author

Caro Giles is a writer based in Northumberland. Her words are inspired by her local landscape, the wide empty beaches and the Cheviot Hills.

Product details

• Authors: Caro Giles
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.01.2024
• EAN: 9780008543266
• ISBN: 978-0-00-854326-6
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Autobiography: general, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Divorce & Separation, Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Children with Special Needs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Learning Disabilities, Coping with anxiety & phobias, Coping with illness & specific conditions, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Literary essays, Sea life & the seashore, Speech & language disorders & therapy, Sea life & the seashore: general interest, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Coping with / advice about anxiety and phobias, Coping with / advice about mental health issues, Coping with / advice about ADHD, Coping with / advice about communication difficulties, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs