Rough Edges
Where Land Meets Water, the Untold Stories of Coastline Communities
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Publishing:4th Jun '26
£20.00
This title is due to be published on 4th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Beyond the picture postcards, Britain's coastal communities are suffering.
Crowds flood the beaches during summer heatwaves but they quickly vanish again, leaving behind drifts of rubbish and unstable seasonal jobs. Seaside property is in high demand but affordable only for landlords and gentrifiers. The cost-of-living crisis and the ongoing pains of austerity trap those at the vulnerable edges of our nation in poverty.
Having grown up in rural Cornwall, Natasha Carthew leaves the county in search of a new home. Travelling the country and exploring the villages, towns and cities of our coast, she meets the people fighting to keep these places alive. With fierce compassion, she shares their voices and their stories.
Rough Edges is a rallying cry for the beauty and importance of our coast and its people.
PRAISE FOR UNDERCURRENT
'A story of queer resistance, of community and of finding your own voice'
DAMIAN BARR
'Important and beautifully lyrical'
THE TIMES
'Haunting and powerful'
KATE MOSSE
Rough Edges brings the reality of severe coastal poverty into sharp focus in an urgent and compassionate blend of candid memoir and compelling literary reportage. Natasha Carthew writes with an insight and an acuity of vision that few can match, and the messages of Rough Edges land with great integrity. Rough Edges unflinchingly scrutinises the systematic inequalities wrecking coastal communities and sets out a vision in which people in the 'salt belt' shorelines of these islands can thrive -- Sally Huband, author of SEA BEAN
ISBN: 9781399740586
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
288 pages