
Ready for another distraction, Freya decides to swim every tidal pool in Britain in a year with her friend Miri. For four years, she's been looking for a way to fill the empty space her brother's death left behind. 'Astonishing in its frankness, raw, poignant, bracing, funny a very human story.' DEREK NIEMANN, Guardian country diaristįreya is still searching. She is a talent to watch.' RAFFAELLA BARKER Her writing is contained, clear and as powerful as the changing tides she swims in. 'A heart-rending depiction of a young woman growing through grief and the healing, restorative power of nature.' NICK BRADLEY 'Funny and moving, brimming with bracingly refreshing uncertainty and a salty refusal of resolution, it is a book to float away in.' POLLY ATKIN It's not just about how water can redeem us but how words can too. 'Reads like a lusciously languid dream sequence.

'Funny, sad and honest, but ultimately also hopeful, The Tidal Year is a wonderful and welcome addition to the growing canon of books exploring the restorative power of wild swimming.' SOPHIE PIERCE I read it in a single day! Everyone should take a plunge into this book.' CATHY RENTZENBRINK

Take a plunge into this tender exploration of grief, rage, love, loss and sisterhood in the modern age.
