'An extraordinary exploration of one of natures most overlooked treasures, seaweed, and all the things it provides. A thrilling and fascinating read, in which everything is elemental and everything is adventure' ANNIE MACMANUS

'The Tangles was both soothing and fierce, much like the sea itself. I loved the symmetry between the tangles of seaweed and the tangles of midlife—how so many of us are woven between so many responsibilities, knitting many different things together. Truly beautiful nature writing, led by a sense of warmth, curiosity, and the personal. Also enjoyably full of new facts that made me want to say “did you know?” out loud to whoever was in the room while reading it. Side note: it also made me want to finish the book while taking a seaweed bath' EMMA GANNON

'What a joy to plunge into The Tangles - not just into the slippery, little understood, endlessly mesmerising world of seaweed, but into the life of a woman, "moored by a healthy obsession", as she navigates love and loss and the routines of small children amid the battering of sea and wind. To bathe in gorgeous prose and learn so much at the same time is bliss' SALLY MAGNUSSON

'The Tangles is an intimate, affectionate dive into the intricacies of seaweed, the world beneath the waves, all tied into a tale of the ways of Orkney. Always engaging and honest in tone, The Tangles is a touching triumph' JAMES CANTON