Chasing Fog
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Chasing Fog
Laura Pashby £18.99
Pre-order a copy of Laura Pashby's Chasing Fog from us here at the Cotswold Book Room and receive a signed copy AND an exclusive postcard featuring the author's distinctive fog photography.
At first, I didn’t find fog – fog found me.
Liminal, transformative and increasingly elusive – far from a simple cloud of water droplets, fog is a state of mind. As mist drifted through a copse of trees, turning a familiar place strange and otherworldly, Laura Pashby snapped a photograph and an obsession began.
Pashby hunts for fog, walks and swims in it, explores its often pivotal role in literature, mythology and history, as well as its environmental significance. There has been a 50 per cent drop in 'fog events' in the past fifty years, fog is drifting away without us noticing and the ecological impact could be calamitous. As she journeys to the foggiest places she can find, Pashby immerses herself in Dartmoor’s dangerous fog, searches for the Scottish haar, experiences Venice’s magical mist, tell us the myths behind the River Severn’s fog and the shipwrecks it hides.
It’s easy to get lost in fog, but sometimes it’s where imperceptible things can be found, including in ourselves. Chasing Fog is a captivating meditation on fog and mist, a love song to weather and nature’s power to transform.
Chasing Fog was selected as a non-fiction Editor's Choice for August in the Bookseller.
You'll receive your book on, or soon after, publication day on 29th August 2024. If you would like Laura Pashby to include a dedication of your choice in your copy of the book, you can add it in the 'additional instructions' box at checkout, or email us at orders@cotswoldbookroom.co.uk.
