The Wild Remedy
How Nature Mends Us - A Diary (as seen on the BBC's Springwatch)
Author: Emma Mitchell
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEREmma Mitchell's richly illustrated and evocative diary - as seen on the BBC's Springwatch - is a unique account of her nature finds over the course of a year and reflection on how spending time in wild places has impacted her mental wellbeing.
Emma Mitchell's richly illustrated and evocative nature diary tracks the lives of local flora and fauna around her home and further afield, and show how being in the wild benefits our mental and physical wellbeing.
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEREmma Mitchell's richly illustrated and evocative diary - as seen on the BBC's Springwatch - is a unique account of her nature finds over the course of a year and reflection on how spending time in wild places has impacted her mental wellbeing.
Emma Mitchell's richly illustrated and evocative nature diary tracks the lives of local flora and fauna around her home and further afield, and show how being in the wild benefits our mental and physical wellbeing.
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTESELLER
Emma Mitchell's richly illustrated and evocative diary records her nature finds over the course of a year and shows how being in the wild benefits our mental and physical wellbeing.
'This is a beautiful, beautiful book, and I can't recommend it enough.' Sue Perkins
‘Emma's words are profound, her photography is inspiring and her illustrations are exquisite.’ Emma Freud
‘Emma's writing is precise, gorgeous and inspiring.’ Amy Liptrot
'An absolute joy.’ Joanna Cannon
Emma Mitchell has suffered with depression – or as she calls it, 'the grey slug' – for twenty-five years. In 2003, she moved from the city to the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens and began to take walks in the countryside around her new home, photographing, collecting and drawing as she went. Each walk lifted her mood, proving to be as medicinal as any talking therapy or pharmaceutical.
In Emma's hand-illustrated diary, she takes us with her as she follows the local paths and trails, sharing her nature finds over the course of a year. Reflecting on how these encounters impact her mood, Emma's candid account of her own struggles is a powerful testament to how reconnecting with nature may offer some answers to today's mental health epidemic.
Written with Emma's characteristic wit and frankness, and filled with her beautiful drawings, paintings and photography, this is a truly unique book for anyone who has ever felt drawn to nature and wondered about its influence over us.
Critic Reviews
“'This is a beautiful, beautiful book, and I can't recommend it enough.'-- Sue Perkins, The Great British Bake-Off”
'An absolute joy.' --Joanna Cannon, author, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
'Emma's writing is precise, gorgeous and inspiring.' --Amy Liptrot, author, The Outrun
'This is a beautiful, beautiful book, and I can't recommend it enough.'--Sue Perkins, The Great British Bake-Off
About the Author
Emma Mitchell is a designer-maker, naturalist, illustrator, and the acclaimed author of The Wild Remedy (2019) and bestselling Making Winter (2017) – 20,000 copies have been sold in the UK and the US. She is a Guardian Country Diarist, has written and contributed seasonal creative projects for BBC Countryfile Magazine, Country Living, Mollie Makes and Breathe. Emma has appeared on Radio 4's Ramblings, on BBC Countryfile's winter special and Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
Emma lives on the edge of the Fens in Eastern England with her husband, two daughters and Annie, their lurcher. She records her daily nature finds with photographs and illustrations on her Instagram (@silverpebble2 – 105,000 followers) and Twitter (@silverpebble – 30,000 followers).
Emma is passionate about the potential of both craft and contact with nature for combatting depression. Her yarn stash is enormous, she owns a sizeable collection of fossilised twigs and she is very fond of weasels.
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