Salt On Your Tongue: Women and the Sea

by Charlotte Runcie

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A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SPECTATOR, SCOTSMAN AND PROSPECT

Charlotte Runcie has always felt pulled to the sea, lured by its soothing, calming qualities but also enlivened and inspired by its salty wildness. When she loses her beloved grandmother, and becomes pregnant with her first child, she feels its pull even more intensely.

In Salt On Your Tongue Charlotte explores what the sea means to us, and particularly what it has meant to women through the ages. This book is a walk on the beach with Turner, with Shakespeare, with the Romantic Poets and shanty-singers. It's an ode to...

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  • ISBN10 1786891190
  • ISBN13 9781786891198
  • Publish Date 3 January 2019
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 April 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Canongate Books
  • Edition Main
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 384
  • Language English