Homesick

A wee Lighthouse Life Raft escape, courtesy of author & songwriter Catrina Davies, reading from her lyrical book Homesick: Why I Live In a Shed.
The story of a personal housing crisis that led to a discovery of the true value of home.
'You will marvel at the beauty of this book, and rage at the injustice it reveals' George Monbiot
Aged thirty-one, Catrina Davies was renting a box-room in a house in Bristol, which she shared with four other adults and a child.
Working several jobs and never knowing if she could make the rent, she felt like she was breaking apart. Homesick for the landscape of her childhood, in the far west of Cornwall, Catrina decides to give up the box-room and face her demons. As a child, she saw her family and their security torn apart; now, she resolves to make a tiny, dilapidated shed a home of her own.
With the freedom to write, surf and make music, Catrina rebuilds the shed and, piece by piece, her own sense of self. On the border of civilisation and wilderness, between the woods and the sea, she discovers the true value of home, while trying to find her place in a fragile natural world. This is the story of a personal housing crisis and a country-wide one, grappling with class, economics, mental health and nature.
It shows how housing can trap us or set us free, and what it means to feel at home.
Grab a copy of Homesick, in paperback for £8.99 from Lighthouse here:
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[@petey9338]

I often stop at that pond when out on my mountain bike absolutely stunning lovely place apart from the amount of traffic passing by 😮 fantastic listening to you read from your book 😊❤🙏

[@patriciareesby6419]

I'm in New Zealand and am enjoying your book very much.

[@franksommerfeld8616]

Simply lovely

[@belindarichards2582]

Wonderful.

[@mapleleafer74]

YOU ANGEL.

[@brendafleet9815]

I’m looking forward to reading your book. 🙂

[@ambersmithwhyte3079]

Homesick last year and thoroughly enjoyed reading it, totally agree with the political content - young people priced out of the housing market. I then read your first book - The Ribbons are for Fearlessness. Both very well-written, highly entertaining and thought-provoking. Think your talent is on a slow burn - you will eventually be feted for your work, not as successful as JK Rowling - but she's a one off! You deserve to be recognised and rewarded for your craft. Concentrate on writing books - rather than singing/song-writing. Adele and Amy Winehouse are tremendous songbirds - but they could not write a good book as you have managed to do, twice!

[@alejandradiez7338]

How can I get the virtual version? Is it possible? ☺