
Roger Deakin, wild swimmer and author of Waterlogged
Great Lives
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The Sea and the Raindrop
I wanted to follow the rain on its meanderings about our land and rejoin the sea. Water links almost everything in the book, doesn't it? And because he's such a skillful writer, it sort of finds its own form. What a beautiful laid-back voice he has. I feel like he must have been a great teacher as well. That was his original job, I think. Just words from his mouth just seemed to have a little more magic to them.
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