Tools For Surviving A Storm
A debilitating fear of foxgloves fuels a mother’s obsessions, while a young girl discovers monsters on her morning swim.
Strangers on a mushroom-picking excursion find comfort in searching for chanterelles, and tremors in the southern hemisphere bring about seismic shifts in a relationship.
A woman stranded by a blizzard longs for a different reality, and – mourning the sudden death of her husband – a widow refuses to leave her home on the eroding coast as a storm blows in…
Journeying from Sweden’s ancient woods to the floodplains of the American South, the women in these stories navigate loneliness, loss and what it means to be alive in an ever-changing world.
Praise for Tools For Surviving A Storm
“I can’t begin to describe the beauty and depth of these stories. This whole collection transports you into nature, into the hearts and fears and minds of each and every character, into the earth.”
– Jess Glaisher, author of Dear Lina
“Exceptional.”
– Immy Sykes, presenter at Kendal Mountain Book Festival
“Flitting between each story was like being picked right up out of one character’s life and immersed in the next… The characters have stayed with me, lurking in the corners of my brain.”
– Reader review
Read an exclusive extract from Tools For Surviving A Storm
A mother fixates on the dangers posed by a poisonous flower as she struggles to come to terms with a difficult past. Read the full story from my debut collection.