I'm thankful to the author Nic Wilson,
NetGalley and Summersdale publishing for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I asked to read this as the title, cover, and synopsis sounded perfect for an enjoyable informative read.
I felt saddened reading the treatment her mother went through from lack of understanding and misdiagnosis and the knock on effect on the whole family. The parrales to the authors treatment when she was ill understandably must have brought back/on so much trauma, mental strain, subsequently adding to the physical issues as well. I felt angry reading how both her mother and herself were dismissed and treated by people claiming to know best. I empathised with having chronic illnesses and that constant exhausting battle of trying to get the most basic help. While dealing with the accusatory assumptions that make you feel you need to prove how unwell you are all the time.

I enjoyed the authors descriptions of the natural world. I can appreciate what she was trying to do bringing the stories of nature and self together but for me as a reader it didn't always connect. I'm sure other people will get more out of it but for me it often felt disjointed and just as I was beginning to understand, follow the story it jumped around in time line or person. Writing this book was clearly a cathartic experience for the author. Sadly for me as a reader something was missing which is why I can't rate it higher than I have.

Land Beneath the Waves by Nic Wilson is about the healing powers of nature. A contemplative and evocative memoir.