{"product_id":"9781916812550-looking-down-at-the-stars","title":"Looking Down at the Stars","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife beneath the waves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the wonder of marine life seen up close in these joyous and sparkling essays. Christina Riley’s lyrical prose is the perfect guide to this unfamiliar underwater world, brimming with surprises, sunlight and sea stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover the wonder of marine life seen up close in these joyous and sparkling essays.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2022, Christina Riley became an ‘underwater artist in residence’ at the Argyll Coast Hope Spot – a place of incredible natural beauty in Scotland also crucial for the health of the world’s oceans. She spent days submerged alongside marine life, before resurfacing to reflect, recreate and recount what she had seen – and the feelings of love, hope and responsibility her experience had evoked in her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resulting essays, collected in this stunning volume, swim through the kaleidoscope of marine life she found there, from starfish to seagrass to the water itself. What shines through all of them is a sense of wonder that is also a call to action. \u003cem\u003eLooking Down at the Stars\u003c\/em\u003e asks: how can we harness our feelings of awe at the natural world in order to take better care of it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristina Riley’s lyrical prose is the perfect guide to this unfamiliar underwater world, brimming with surprises, sunlight and sea stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56414931911030,"sku":"9781916812550","price":9.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36650543.jpg?v=1760651476","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781916812550-looking-down-at-the-stars","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}