'Remarkable' Robert Macfarlane 'Goregous' Amy Liptrot 'Urgent and nourishing' Jessica J. Lee
Nina Mingya Powles first learned to swim in Borneo - where her mother was born and her
grandfather studied freshwater fish. There the local swimming pool became her first body of
water. Through her life there have been others that have meant different things but have still
been in their own way home: from the wild coastline of New Zealand to a pond in northwest
London. In lyrical powerful prose Small Bodies of Water weaves together memories dreams and
nature writing. Exploring everything from migration food family earthquakes and the ancient
lunisolar calendar Nina reflects on a girlhood spent growing up between two cultures and what
it means to belong.
