Things We Lose in Waves

Things we Lose in Waves by Lucy Austin

Ravenspurn is falling into the sea. Perched on a remote cliff, storms are claiming more land and more livelihoods each time they hit, and the pandemic is imperilling this isolated community even further. Jenny is returning to what was her home village, but now is a ravaged landscape, eroding into dust.
After her father's death and stuck in a village She desperately escaped years ago Jenny has to make the most of it while ' You must stay at home ' mantra we all lived under.I

There have been a few negative reviews about this book , but I disagree. I believe the author caught the despair of Jenny. , her father's death , having to return to a village where the people within it are living , quite literally on the edge knowing their homes could be lost forever , and the knowledge of the younger people not having much of a chance of good prospects if they remain there. In a word , bleak.

So in conclusion the author set the book to match the feelings of the people within it.

I didn't think I wanted to be reminded about what it was like during lockdown but through reading this book I remembered how terrifying it was, not knowing what would become of us and that it's only through the lens of now that I can feel weirdly nostalgic about the shut down. This novel bought back some of the not knowing and highlighted that we only really see the past clearly once we have stepped away and had a different vantage point. Which is what happens to our main character in this book. Revisiting home with all its unaddressed issues and unresolved stories. The star of the book was the wonderful descriptions of the North East coastline and the quickening erosion. A really great read and congrats to the author who worte it during what must have been a fairly turbulent time. It's was my bedtime story for a week and I looked forward to it every night.