Rag and Bone is a unique family history by Lisa Woollett, whose family made a living years ago, from London’s waste. In a series of beachcombing and mudlarking walks (beginning in The Thames in central London) then out to the Kentish estuary and to the Cornish coast, Lisa offers a beautifully written urgent mix of social history, family memoir and nature writing. A call on what we can learn from what we’ve thrown away; and a call to think more about what we leave behind.
About the Author
Lisa Woollett is the author of photography books about the sea. She lives in Cornwall, where she often takes photographs of river and beach finds. Her great-grandfather was a scavenger and her grandfather was a dustman, while she has been a beachcomber all her life.
