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Homesick
- Why I Live in a Shed
- Narrated by: Catrina Davies
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
The story of a personal housing crisis that led to a discovery of the true value of home.
Aged 31, Catrina Davies was renting a box-room in a house in Bristol, which she shared with four other adults and a child. Working several jobs and never knowing if she could make the rent, she felt like she was breaking apart.
Homesick for the landscape of her childhood, in the far west of Cornwall, Catrina decides to give up the box-room and face her demons. As a child, she saw her family and their security torn apart; now, she resolves to make a tiny, dilapidated shed a home of her own.
With the freedom to write, surf and make music, Catrina rebuilds the shed and, piece by piece, her own sense of self. On the border of civilisation and wilderness, between the woods and the sea, she discovers the true value of home, while trying to find her place in a fragile natural world.
This is the story of a personal housing crisis and a country-wide one, grappling with class, economics, mental health and nature. It shows how housing can trap us or set us free, and what it means to feel at home. This audio edition includes music by Catrina Davies.
Critic reviews
"You will marvel at the beauty of this book, and rage at the injustice it reveals." (George Monbiot)
"Incredibly moving. To find peace and a sense of home after a life so profoundly affected by the housing crisis, is truly inspirational." (Raynor Winn, best-selling author of The Salt Path)
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- Anonymous User
- 26-05-21
Heartwarming and raw
Thank you for this book. Both fills you with warmth and exposes realities. Shows you how rubbish people can be but also how thoughtful and giving others are. Really enjoyed it and want to know what happens next ❤️❤️
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- Samuel de Bruyn
- 11-02-21
Superb listen
This book resonated in so many ways. The fears, joys, challenges ... Thank you.
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- Siobhan Phillips
- 07-04-21
Thoroughly enjoyable
I found it an easy listen, interesting and liked that even though it feels like a fiction it’s roots are from truth and experience. Hearty and encouraging, especially for us youngens who find ourselves in similar predicaments
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- Granny Smith
- 21-02-23
Beautiful writing and narration
I loved the singing at the end it made me cry. I have a tiny summer house in my little garden which I can feel close to nature in my own way.
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- Albert
- 12-03-21
Beautiful.
A thought provoking and highly memorable account of a young person"s experience of life in modern Britain set in the evocative Cornish countryside.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-12-19
Fantastic!
I loved this book. Thought provoking, heartwarming and moving. I highly reccomend it. Thank you!
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- miss josephine e mitchell
- 31-01-22
Humble, authentic and tender
A tender and honest account of the writers struggles with late capitalism and it’s disconnection with the natural world.. I live in Cornwall and sympathise with the housing crisis she writes about here and the wider issues brought up by this whole topic.
I want to thank Katrina for doing the work and digging deep.. something that is hard to do when what you believe and live go against the tide.. 🙏
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- Ms S Walker
- 24-11-23
A fabulous dialogue of a life well lived but hated the monotone narration
I enjoyed the story, the political points, the insights to greed and homelessness however the authors are not always the best people to narrate. I wish I had read the book instead as the monotonous voice was irksome for such a lovely book.
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- alison Reece
- 06-11-23
Loved this!
A really good listen. It was absorbing and would definitely recommend absorbing yourself in it .
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- Corina M.
- 20-12-20
Great book and very relatable
Catrina perfectly articulates the feeling of rootlessness and insurmountable odds against home ownership in this country. I found this book very inspiring, because I spend much of my time trying to think my way out of the problem and get nowhere, whereas Catrina is someone who is living it, who is braver than many of us, and fought not to give up her freedom. It brings to mind the saying 'be the change you want to see in the world.' She did not compromise, as so many of us do.
Reading this book on one hand made me angry at the situation in the UK, especially when thinking about the rights we used to have to make a living off the land. The land does and should belong to all of us, and yet it does not.
On the other hand, this book gives me hope, because I feel its on the edge of a tide of voices yet to come. As more and more people especially the younger generation grow up to see the odds stacked against them, its only a matter of time before the wave has to break.
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