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mrsamandajenner's review against another edition
5.0
Utterly wonderful. Full review on my channel https://youtu.be/ts7ZovqOzpk
vg2's review
4.0
This is a collection of beautiful, lyrical landscape writing, diverse in individual subject yet woven together with themes of connection and belonging in Wales. It avoids pretentiousness with self-aware contributors who often include an element of self-deprecating humour. I particularly enjoyed the essays ‘Painting Dyffryn Tanat’, which considers a landscape view from a painter’s perspective, combining practical colour choices with a deeper examination of how artists can represent the underlying issues in an environment, not just the superficial surface, and ‘Y Coity’, with its lovely descriptions of a mountain across the seasons.
If you want a book that will make you want to pack up, leave the city and settle in the depths of the Welsh countryside, this is the one for you.
The one missed opportunity for me came on the cover - for a book of nature writing exclusively by women, the fact that the endorsement quotes are by men was a shame. It’s only a small thing, but when a book specifically advertises itself as celebrating female writing, perhaps they could have found Welsh female authors or personalities for the endorsement?
If you want a book that will make you want to pack up, leave the city and settle in the depths of the Welsh countryside, this is the one for you.
The one missed opportunity for me came on the cover - for a book of nature writing exclusively by women, the fact that the endorsement quotes are by men was a shame. It’s only a small thing, but when a book specifically advertises itself as celebrating female writing, perhaps they could have found Welsh female authors or personalities for the endorsement?
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