Is a River Alive? Northern Scotland Highlands & Islands A once-in-a-generation debut from a

A once-in-a-generation debut from a major new talent

forests and woodland all year round

there was always something missing from the anatomy she was taught at medical school

Nine years later the body of another schoolgirl

I found the writing just so unbelievably brilliant and hilarious and affecting

Is a River Alive? Northern Scotland Highlands & Islands A once-in-a-generation debut from aAuthor: Macfarlane, Robert India Published on 1 May 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Hamish Hamilton Ltd) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 384 pages 243 x 160 x 35 598g SHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective shifting new book which answers a