Rough Edges: Where Land Meets Water, the Untold Stories of Coastline Communities

After writing so memorably of her own working-class coastal upbringing in her memoir Undercurrent, activist and writer Carthew embarks on a mission to “give voice to those who have been hit by a tidal wave of misfortune” in unravelling coastal locations around the UK. From Dover to Blackpool, she meets people living on the edge in every sense as they contend with the curse of ubiquitous Airbnbs, unstable seasonal jobs, the ongoing pains of austerity and more. Essential reading once again for those of us who rarely think beyond the picture-postcard images of our seaside places.