This memoir was right book, right time. Like Liptrot, I've moved back to a home I once left for brighter lights. (Although nowhere as cool as London or the Orkney Islands.) I enjoyed her reconnection and (re)discovery of the place she's from, seeing the landscape and the people with new understanding.
This is also an addiction memoir. Part of what drives her home is her recovery from alcoholism, about which she writes with honesty. Next week 👇