A powerful work of memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world.
Unearthed is the story of how Claire Ratinon found belonging through falling in love with growing plants and reconnecting with nature.
Like many diasporic people of colour, Claire grew up feeling cut off from the natural world. She lived in cities, reluctant to be outdoors and stuck with the belief that success and status could fill the space where belonging was absent. Through learning the practice of growing food, she unpicked her beliefs about who she ought to be. Over her first year living in the English countryside and with the first vegetable patch of her own, she finds a pathway back to nature's embrace. And through growing the food of Mauritius, recording her parents' stories and exploring the history of the island, she also strengthens her connection to her homeland.
Unearthed urges us to look to the world outside for the belonging and home we seek. It is a heartfelt call to reconsider our history, the way we think about nature and the complex relationships we all have with the land.
| ISBN: | 9781784744472 |
| Publication date: | 2nd June 2022 |
| Author: | Claire Ratinon |
| Publisher: | Chatto & Windus an imprint of Vintage Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 314 pages |
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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A powerful work of memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world.
Unearthed is the story of how Claire Ratinon found belonging through falling in love with growing plants and reconnecting with nature.
Like many diasporic people of colour, Claire grew up feeling cut off from the natural world. She lived in cities, reluctant to be outdoors and stuck with the belief that success and status could fill the space where belonging was absent. Through learning the practice of growing food, she unpicked her beliefs about who she ought to be. Over her first year living in the English countryside and with the first vegetable patch of her own, she finds a pathway back to nature's embrace. And through growing the food of Mauritius, recording her parents' stories and exploring the history of the island, she also strengthens her connection to her homeland.
Unearthed urges us to look to the world outside for the belonging and home we seek. It is a heartfelt call to reconsider our history, the way we think about nature and the complex relationships we all have with the land.
Unearthed features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Memoirs, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gardens (descriptions, history etc), Climate change, Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism, Colonialism and imperialism, Local and family history, nostalgia, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Gardening: fruit and vegetable, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Ethnic studies, Social groups, communities and identities, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences, Gardening, Pollution and threats to the environment, The environment, Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning, Political ideologies and movements, Politics and government, History: specific events and topics, History, History and Archaeology, Gardening: plants and cultivation guides
Unearthed is available in Paperback, Hardback
Unearthed was written by Claire Ratinon and published by Chatto & Windus an imprint of Vintage Publishing
Unearthed has 314 pages
£15.29
