The Place of Tides Spiral House It proposes the expansion of

It proposes the expansion of our understanding of kinship for a more 'promiscuous care'

Laura Mello

In reading this book

it is clear that a new

The Place of Tides Spiral House It proposes the expansion ofOne afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries old trade that had once made men and women rich, but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on. Back at home, Rebanks couldn't stop thinking about the woman on the rocks. She was fierce and otherworldly and