claire_fuller_writer 's review for:

Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem

5.0

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I definitely have mudlarking tendencies, so I was probably always going to love this. And I absolutely did. It will probably be in one of my top ten books of the year. For those who don't know, a mudlark is some who searches river mud for items that have been lost or discarded, particularly along the Thames in London. I managed to go once before lockdown and this book has made me itch to go again as soon as I can. Maiklem describes various sections of foreshore and what she finds there, as well as going into just the right amount of detail about the history of what and who might have lived and worked nearby and the types of items they lost or discarded. I found it enlightening, entertaining and really well written.