Natasha Carthew es una escritora profundamente conectada con los paisajes salvajes de Cornwall, donde elabora sus historias al aire libre. Su prosa se adentra en la resiliencia del espíritu humano, explorando temas de supervivencia y conexiones profundas con el mundo natural. Carthew emplea un estilo lírico, retratando vívidamente la belleza cruda y el poder del entorno. Su enfoque único de la 'escritura salvaje' sumerge a los lectores en las fuerzas elementales que dan forma a sus cautivadoras narrativas.
Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2023, Undercurrent is a vivid, lyrical and powerful exploration of rural poverty, and the often devastating impact of living without the means or support to build a future
The two girls sat at opposite ends of the boat and Kel dug and stretched the oars into the ocean like her life depended upon it because it did. 'Just so you know,' said Rose, 'everything, I mean everything, is your fault.' 15-year-old Kel Crow lives in a water-logged world, with a family with whom she shares nothing but blood and a heart defect that she knows could kill her any day. She has a plan to escape, and it's a good one: stowaway on the ship, kidnap the girl, swap the girl to buy passage to America and a life-saving operation. But plans never go how they're meant to … Breath-takingly fierce, smart and tender, Only the Ocean is a story of innocence (and its loss), survival, and courage in the midst of darkness.