{"product_id":"some-of-us-just-fall-9781399717984","title":"Some of Us Just Fall","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Defiant and dazzling''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFreya Bromley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tidal Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Essential reading''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica J. Lee, author of \u003ci\u003eTurning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It raises the standard of nature writing. This is both radical manifesto and activism in book form''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSally Huband, author of \u003ci\u003eSea Bean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter years of unexplained health problems, Polly Atkin''s perception of her body was rendered fluid and disjointed. When she was finally diagnosed with two chronic conditions in her thirties, she began to piece together what had been happening to her - all the misdiagnoses, the fractures, the dislocations, the bone-crushing exhaustion, the not being believed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e combines memoir, pathography and nature writing to trace a fascinating journey through illness, a journey which led Polly to her current home in the Lake District, where outdoor swimming is purported to cure all, and where every day she turns to the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolly Atkin, who had long suffered ill health, was diagnosed with two chronic conditions in her thirties. \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e is her \u003cb\u003etimely, lyrical and insightful exploration of the stories we tell about our bodies and how they influence our lives and sense of belonging.\u003c\/b\u003e It made me yearn to revisit the Lake District and Grasmere, where Atkin lives, because her descriptions of her daily walks and swims were so \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of Sinéad Gleeson, Amy Liptrot and Olivia Laing\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jack Clark * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyrical swirl\u003c\/b\u003e of memoir, nature writing and pathography * Belfast Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003ePolly Atkin's \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e unpicks the body of the wild, alongside the disabled wilderness of Atkin's own body. \u003cb\u003eIt gives us an experience that is both timely and timeless: of medical gaslighting, a body in pain, and the search for coping strategies out in the natural world. \u003c\/b\u003eWith a poet's insight and a deep understanding of place, Atkin pulls us again and again to witness the fractured, the breathless, the untameable bodies that permeate her book.\u003cb\u003e I was immersed\u003c\/b\u003e -- Katie Hale, author of MY NAME IS MONSTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea remarkable book that deepens our understanding of what it can mean to be human\u003c\/b\u003e . . . an essential addition to writing on nature, it offers a much-needed counterpoint to ill-thinking notions of nature cure and, by seamlessly merging vivid personal experience with insights from literature and the natural world, \u003cb\u003eraises the standard of nature writing. This is both radical manifesto and activism in book form\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sally Huband, author of SEA BEAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly Atkin has conjured magic in this story of a life touched harshly by illness and misunderstanding, demonstrating a deep connection to the natural world and the voices of the past\u003c\/b\u003e. Beyond the mesmeric writing on nature and place, \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e acts as a stark reminder of the implications of misdiagnosis. It is a reminder to remain curious, keep asking questions and open our mind to the possibility that everything is not as it seems -- Caro Giles, author of TWELVE MOONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e Polly Atkin, in prose of \u003cb\u003eextraordinary \u003c\/b\u003estrength and inventiveness, takes her readers on \u003cb\u003ea creative and intellectual adventure \u003c\/b\u003eacross the particularities of embodiment, the insidiousness of the idea of cure, on the body as a site for nature writing, and on living in a place that generates meaning and sustenance in the most unexpected ways. The result is \u003cb\u003ea gift of a book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Daisy Hay, author of DINNER WITH JOSEPH JOHNSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly Atkin writes with glorious and precise beauty\u003c\/b\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e we are asked to reimagine not just the stories we tell about the natural world, but about ourselves and how we live together. This is \u003cb\u003eessential reading\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jessica J. Lee, author of TURNING\u003cbr\u003eThis book participates in\u003cb\u003e a really exciting new direction for nature writing\u003c\/b\u003e - one that accommodates fatigue and illness as well as strong, striding bodies -- Noreen Masud * Hyphen *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning book about chronic illness that will stay with you long after you finish reading\u003c\/b\u003e . . . It's a rallying cry for society to stand up and advocate for those too bloody exhausted from struggling to be believed by the medical establishment. \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall \u003c\/i\u003eis a book that needs to be read, and I hope we hear more stories of living with illness in the future rather than astonishing recovery -- Catherine Renton * The Wee Review *\u003cbr\u003eI came away from this book with a firm understanding that mind, body and environment are three inseparable things -- Joanne Limburg, author of LETTERS TO MY WEIRD SISTERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003epowerful \u003c\/b\u003emessage surrounded by beautiful immersive nature\u003c\/p\u003e -- Rachel Charlton-Dailey, journalist and founder of The Unwritten\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003edefiant and dazzling\u003c\/b\u003e! I was completely submerged in Atkin's life and its characters: the grey wagtail, her partner waiting in the shade of a tree, the nurses, the heron by the river. By sharing her relationship with water, Atkin has changed mine. \u003cb\u003eHer prose is a beautiful gift\u003c\/b\u003e -- Freya Bromley, author of THE TIDAL YEAR\u003cbr\u003ePolly Atkin has written a survival story for the rest of us - a book of depth, meaning and resilience in the face of overwhelming adversity - \u003cb\u003ea cathartic read\u003c\/b\u003e -- Allyson Shaw, author of ASHES AND STONES\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003ea breath of fresh air in the world of nature writing\u003c\/b\u003e, a many-faceted mountain of experiential truths, a grounded patch of understanding to rest on. Her prose is \u003cb\u003eboth brutally honest and tender\u003c\/b\u003e - she deftly brings the environment into the bodymind, and vice versa -- Khairani Barokka, author of ULTIMATUM ORANGUTAN\u003cbr\u003eReading \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Just Fall\u003c\/i\u003e was for me a surprisingly visceral experience. I've never had such a bodily reaction to reading - as though my bones, muscles and nerve endings were being drawn into Polly's life and words, her very singular way of seeing the world. \u003cb\u003eA fine, intricately crafted book that reveals itself slowly and thrillingly through a tracery of patterns, fractures and flows\u003c\/b\u003e -- Helen Jukes, author of A HONEYBEE HEART HAS FIVE OPENINGS","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738919219543,"sku":"9781399717984","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/some-of-us-just-fall-9781399717984","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}