I like Alastair Humphreys’s writing (see a review of a previous book – click here) and have signed up to some of his five newsletters (!) after reading this book and being reminded that I like his prose.
The book is in three parts: The Great Disconnection (we’ve lost touch with nature); Fifteen Minutes of Nature (getting out and reconnecting); The Great Reconnection (what to do now you are motivated to act for nature). In fact there is a fourth part, an Epilogue where the author looks back from old age at all that has been achieved since people reconnected. All parts of the book are well worth reading. The last two parts are at least slightly disconnected from the real world of how change comes about, as the uplifting endings of such books often are.
It’s not a very long book but it is a very enjoyable read. In my opinion, for what it’s worth, it’s not as good a book as Local but it’s still a good read.
No index and no references or further reading. Bit of a shame.
The cover? Is simple and fairly obviously based on the Sycamore Gap tree, which features early in the book. I’d give the cover 8/10.
Unwilded: finding our way back to nature by Alastair Humphreys is published by Eye Books.
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Alastair Humphrey’s previous book, Local was reviewed here.
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