FEN, BOG AND SWAMP

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Magnificent Guardian Remarkable A compact classic Bill McKibben I learned something new and found something amazing on every page Anthony Doerr author of All the Light We Cannot SeeFens bogs swamps and marine estuaries are the earth s most desirable and dependable resources Here Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the vitally important role they play in preserving the environment and their systemic destruction in the pursuit of profit Travelling from the fens of sixteenth century England to America s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Fen Bog and Swamp is both a revelatory history and an urgent plea for wetland reclamation from one of our greatest prose stylists A rousing call to action Esquire Sparklingly furious it has a profoundly positive message Richard Mabey Telegraph This haunting tribute is a pleasure to read Financial Times