My Sand Life, My Pebble Life by Ian McMillan Joan Margarit it is above all the

it is above all the Mediterranean ("sea between the lands") that buoys the imaginative spirit

Deryn Rees-Jones’s new book

psychodrama…hers is a poetry of piercing emotional apprehension

2012 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in Criticism

My Sand Life, My Pebble Life by Ian McMillan Joan Margarit it is above all theMy sand life, my pebble life. My life measured out in tides, coming in and going out. My life measured out in games of trying to spot the sea first. My life measured out in the delicious and indulgent sadness that comes from leaving a holiday cottage for the last time and for the first time in several days it isn't raining, but at least the kids have had a great time and, let's face it, so have you. Warm and darkly funny, this sublimely crafted book