{"product_id":"book-im6f","title":"The Draw of the Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eWyl Menmuir’s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Draw of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSea is a beautifully written and deeply moving portrait of the Cornish Coast and the people who make their livings there, examining the ephemeral but universal pull the sea holds over the human imagination.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘A beautiful portrait of lives shaped by the swell of ocean and tide - a powerful salt-thread of connection’\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cb\u003e Raynor Winn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Path\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since the earliest stages of human development, \u003cb\u003ethe sea has fascinated and entranced us\u003c\/b\u003e. It feeds us, \u003cb\u003esustaining communities\u003c\/b\u003e and providing livelihoods, but it also holds\u003cb\u003e immense destructive power\u003c\/b\u003e which can take all those away in an instant.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It connects us to far away places, offering the \u003cb\u003epromise of new lands \u003c\/b\u003eand voyages of discovery, but also\u003cb\u003e shapes our borders\u003c\/b\u003e, carving divisions between landmasses and \u003cb\u003eeroding the very ground beneath our feet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this \u003cb\u003ebeautifully-written meditation\u003c\/b\u003e on what it is that draws us to the waters' edge, author Wyl Menmuir tells the stories of the \u003cb\u003epeople whose lives revolve around the sea in the Cornish community\u003c\/b\u003e where he lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In twelve interlinked chapters, Menmuir explores the lives of \u003cb\u003elocal fishermen steeped in the rich traditions \u003c\/b\u003eof a fishing community, the beachcombers who wander the shores in search of the varied objects which wash ashore and the stories they tell, and all number of others who have made their lives on the \u003cb\u003ebeautiful Cornwall coast. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the specifics of these livelihoods and their rich histories and traditions, Wyl Menmuir captures the universal human connection to the sea. Into this seductive tapestry, Wyl weaves the story of \u003cb\u003ehow the sea has beckoned, consoled and restored him\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is a meaningful and moving work into \u003cb\u003ehow we interact with the environment\u003c\/b\u003e around us, and how it comes to\u003cb\u003e shape the course of our lives\u003c\/b\u003e. As unmissable as it is compelling, as profound as it is personal, this \u003cb\u003emust-read book\u003c\/b\u003e will delight anyone familiar with the intimate and powerful pull which the sea holds over us.","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348768858416,"sku":"BDim6f","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/548055-im6f-Square.jpg?v=1734233578","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-im6f","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}