“A beguiling amalgam of personal anecdote, travelogue and family history … Norbury attains a wonder-struck prose poetry” – Independent
“An examination of the consoling effect of the natural world on human grief and torment … The connection between water and life ... is for Norbury a visceral ... thing. As I turned the pages of her book, I couldn't help but think of The Tempest, and of Ariel's song: Full fathom five thy father lies” – Rachel Cooke, Observer
“In places, Norbury's writing achieves a lovely unobtrusive merging of emotion and description, so that the landscape reveals her feelings and in doing so shares her burden” – Guardian
“In tender, yearning prose, she beautifully describes her surroundings and ponders the way they replenish her sore heart and restore her sense of belonging” – Sunday Express
“The keenness of Norbury's vision is a delight … Her prose is imbued with a quiet but infectious vitality … Despite its emotionally charged themes, there is nothing sentimental about Norbury's account: her dramatic journey is shaped by grief, illness and mental breakdown, and she writes unflinchingly and with great power about each. The result is as gripping as any fictional family saga, and few readers will fail to be moved to tears” – The Lady, Book of the Week
“This may be another H is for Hawk, a book with a very personal narrative, beautiful writing and nature at its heart – this time with fish and a river” – New Scientist
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