Nature and place writer Linda Cracknell charts a family and community history of seafaring, illuminating the lives of her ancestors and the changing landscapes of places – on coasts in South West England and Scotland – that are inextricably linked to and defined by the sea.
The history of a Perthshire woollen mill told through the lives of those locked in and out of its walls, their stories tied together by the impact of industrialisation on rural Scotland and the struggle for women's rights.