TWELVE WORDS FOR MOSS (PB)

Glowflake, Rocket, Small Skies, Kind Spears, Marilyn… Moss is known as the living carpet, but looked at closely it contains an irrepressible light. Elizabeth-Jane Burnett explores this often forgotten but vital foundation of the plant world in a blend of poetry, nature writing and memoir. Making her way through wetlands from Somerset to Country Tyrone, she discovers the hidden vibrancy of overlooked spaces, and renames her favourite species of moss as she recovers from grieving her father’s death, encouraged by the resilience and tenacity of plant companions and human friends.