Floating Home

the moving memoir from the narrowboat dweller featured on Channel 4’s Narrow Escapes

Adam Lind author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:4th Jun '26

Should be back in stock very soon

Floating Home cover

Lessons in finding freedom, fulfilment and joy wherever you are, and what living a life less ordinary can teach us about what it really means to be human, from the hugely popular content creator, Adam Lind AKA @adam.floatinghome

What if the life you’re chasing isn’t the one you actually want?

'Truly inspiring’ — Ben Fogle

‘A beautiful book’ — Joe Sugg
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A moving travel memoir and guide to finding more freedom, purpose and happiness in everyday life.
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After the devastating loss of his father, Adam Lind began asking the questions many of us avoid: Can you choose to be happy? What does it mean to be free? How do you find real purpose?

His search took him on a five-year journey, hitchhiking across twenty-six countries before building a new life on a narrowboat along Britain’s waterways. In Floating Home, Adam combines travel, personal growth and honest reflection to explore what it really means to live life on your own terms.
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Along the way, you’ll discover how to:
- Let go of expectations and rethink what a fulfilling life looks like
- Find purpose through connection, simplicity and adventure
- Create more freedom and intention in your everyday life
- Slow down, reconnect with yourself and focus on what really matters
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From the kindness of strangers to the quiet rhythm of life on the water, Floating Home is an invitation to question the life you’ve been told to want — and discover what happiness, freedom and a meaningful life mean to you.
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‘Honest and tender’ — Poppy Okotcha
‘An invitation to slow down’ — TJ Power
‘Soulful, sincere, and full of quiet truths’ — Joshua Fletcher

Adam’s words are truly inspiring and important in today’s world, he’s a positive role model for young men -- Ben Fogle
A beautiful book -- Joe Sugg
Honest and tender -- Poppy Okotcha, author of A Wilder Way
An invitation to slow down -- TJ Power, Sunday Times bestselling author of The DOSE Effect
Soulful, sincere, and full of quiet truths -- Joshua Fletcher, author of And How Does That Make You Feel?
A grounding invitation to live more fully, love more deeply and question what really matters -- Amy Wright
A beautiful exploration of what it means to heal, grow and live with meaning. Adam writes with a vulnerability that makes you pause, reflect and think about what truly matters to you -- Ben West, author of This Book Could Save Your Life
Packed with perspective and quiet wisdom. Floating Home will shift how you see the world and yourself -- Stuart Sandeman
Adam Lind's book is written with a grace and rhythm every bit as gentle as the waterways he has made his home, but it is also shot through with a fiercely-held mission - that of enabling others to embark on the journey he has made in seeking an alternative life; away from ordinary society but part of another, hidden social world -- Julian Dutton, author of Water Gypsies, a history of life on Britain's Rivers & Canals

ISBN: 9781526683571

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 22mm

Weight: 208g

256 pages