# Sea Bean

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- Book: [Sea Bean](https://www.bookquiver.com/sally-huband/sea-bean) ([Sea Bean.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sally-huband/sea-bean.md))
- Authors: [Sally Huband](https://www.bookquiver.com/sally-huband)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2915-234-0
- Published: 2023-04-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

WINNER OF THE 2023 HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE A WATERSTONES NATURE AND TRAVEL BEST BOOK OF 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT NATURE WRITING PRIZE 2023 'Modern, revealing and restorative, a coastal treasure' Amy Liptrot 'Like its talismanic title, Huband's voice is distinct and singular. A gorgeous reckoning with the sea, islands and mythology' Sinéad Gleeson 'A wild melding of body and landscape. A deep, immersive, storm-tossed read' Helen Jukes 'As vital and complex as the oceans themseleves' Joanna Pocock A powerful journey of sea and self, trial and hope on the islands of Shetland On the storm-tossed beaches of the Shetland Archipelago, Sally Huband is searching. A message in a bottle, a mermaid’s purse, a lobster trap tag, each find connects her more deeply with our oceans. But it is Sally’s quest for a fabled sea bean that unlocks the myths of these islands and carries her through chronic illness towards a new and more resilient self.