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"Sea Bean is a coastal treasure. Its hard-won attentiveness shows the wonder and vulnerability of our interconnected oceans, wildlife, and people. In Sally's writing, beachcombing - an old island pursuit - is modern, revealing and restorative. The next time I am at the shore I will have a deeper appreciation and curiosity." - Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun and The InstantA Waterstones Nature and Travel Best Book of 2023Winner of the Highlands Book Prize 2023Longlisted for the Wainwright Nature PrizeA powerful journey of sea and self, trial and hope on the islands of Shetland, where climate change is making marked impacts on the natural world.When a seed falls from a vine in the tropics and is carried by ocean currents across the Atlantic to the shores of Western Europe, it is known as a sea bean.