Sea bean : a beachcomber's search for a magical charm
Huband, S. (Sally)2023
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Click and Collect for Sea bean : a beachcomber's search for a magical charmWhen a seed falls from a vine in the tropics and is carried by ocean currents across the Atlantic to the shores of Western Europe - it is known as a sea bean. It is still considered lucky to find a sea bean on the shore, they have been used as magical charms for more than a thousand years. Sally's search for a sea bean begins not long after she moves to the windswept archipelago of Shetland. When pregnancy triggers a chronic illness and forces her to slow down, Sally takes to the beaches. There she discovers treasure freighted with story and curiosities that connect her to the world. The wild shores of Shetland offer glimpses of orcas swimming through the ocean at dusk, the chance to release a tiny storm petrel into the dark of the night and a path of hope. This beachcombing path takes her from the Faroese archipelago to the Orkney islands, and the Dutch island of Texel. It opens a world of ancient myths, fragile ecology, and deep human history. It brings her to herself again.
Sea bean : a beachcomber's search for a magical charm / Sally Huband.
Huband, S. (Sally), author, illustrator
London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2023.©2023
xiii, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
9781529152470 (hbk)9781529152470
304.2
English
547610
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