Adrift: A Secret Life of London's Waterways

Helen Babbs is a writer and journalist. Her work has been published by the BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, New Statesman and Time Out, among others. Helen's first book - My Garden, the City and Me, about urban nature and the glory of growing things - was published in 2011 and nominated for two garden writing awards.

Title: Adrift: A Secret Life of London's Waterways

Author: Babbs, Helen

ISBN: 9781785781278

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Publisher: Icon Books

Publication Date: 2016-11-03

Number of Pages: 288

Weight: 0.2405 kg

Adrift is an engaging introduction to living on a narrow boat, held together with atmospheric descriptions of reconnecting with life's simple pleasures ... It is at its best when capturing the transition from a life on land to a life on board, as well as mapping the evolving relationship between urban building developments and the canal's ecology. -- Times Literary Supplement
Babbs is an excellent nature writer, evoking the lives and emotions tied to the water. Charming -- Steven Cooper * Waterstones Events Manager, The Bookseller *
A compelling exploration of river living * Homes and Gardens *
One of the best waterways books for decades * Waterways World *
A treat ... Babbs's effortless prose is tight and lyrical, moseying along at a calm, steady pace, but there are moments both barbed and cutting ... A serious and fascinating book * Hackney Citizen *
Chapter after chapter of utterly captivating prose * Caught by the River *
Waterways writing at its finest: the breathtaking, boat-eulogising Adrift. -- @TheBookBarge