"Losing Eden" by Lucy Jones is a thought-provoking book that explores our relationship with nature. Jones combines personal experiences, science, and deep reflections to show how reconnecting with the natural world can improve our well-being. It's an inspiring read that reminds us to cherish and protect our environment while finding peace and happiness in it.

Thank you so much for the advanced copy of this book and I am so sorry I took so long to read it.
This is a wonderful book, full of facts which are sometimes hard-hitting but which are also enjoyable and thought-provoking. This really explores what we are up against environmentally but also has suggestions and ideas to make things better and restore the balance to live better with nature. I would definitely recommend everyone reads this. .

Absolutely loved this book, full of facts and research but never dry, this read as enjoyably as fiction but managed to be hard-hitting and thought-provoking at the same time. It highlights and explores what we're up against, environmentally, but remains hopeful also, with suggestions and ideas to live better with nature and restore the balance. Highly recommended.

This was a fantastic book -well-researched, well-written, full of anecdotes and science. It made me feel like booking a train ticket and get to a nice forest - something which sadly is not possible right now -, and it made me feel a bit more hopeful that we see more and more books published about nature, more evidence that we need to protect the environment for many more reasons than just economic ones, and that there are some political initiatives aimed at doing just that in various places around the world.

"It is time for a new story, a new myth, a change of mindset, attitude and behaviour. If we feel it, we must be galvanized by our ecological grief."

One of the best - and I don't doubt one of the most important - books I've read this year. A real eye-opener for many ways in which nature can affect not only our physical but mental wellbeing, and ways in which it is disappearing from our day to day lives. The author's personal story weaves through the text, providing the overarching example of just how much nature is intertwined with our lives, and how important it is to our wellbeing. I thought that she did a great job of combining horror-esque stories and statistics about destruction and loss with a sense of hope for what we might achieve if we work together - it seems that on the whole we do need to be scared into action. Look at what we might lose! What we are losing. Would highly recommend for anybody who is (rightly) concerned about the climate crisis, and anybody who wants to understand a little more the effects that spending time with nature can have on us.

Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin for the e-book in exchange for an honest review!

Losing Eden by Lucy Jones is about the benefits to our health that are made by our relationship with the natural world.