“…lost in the muddied waters of memory…” @SarabandBooks #20BOS26 Book 11

Back in 2024, I stumbled across a random book find in my local Oxfam, which turned out to be a marvellous read – “Writing Landscape” by Linda Cracknell, published by the lovely indie, Saraband. I enjoyed the book so much that I’ve had her work on my list of those to be explored for some time, but I had somehow missed that she issued a new title, “Sea Marked”, in 2025. The Book Gods were looking out for me, however; when I recently popped into our local W.H. Smith/T.J. Jones which is alas closing down, they were having a sale of everything at 70% off – and one of the books was Cracknell’s! So of course it came home with me, and it didn’t stay on the TBR for very long… “Sea Marked” is a wonderful read which combines memoir, family history research, nature writing, sailing and so much more! It opens with a map, plus line illustrations of a number of boats alongside a family tree, all of which caught my interest straight away. As the narrative begins it becomes clear that Cracknell has a…