The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter through algae on to ferns

through algae on to ferns or trees or grasses

Tristan Gooley draws on his own pioneering journeys to reveal the secrets of ponds

convenient

and identity with the deep insight and imaginative brilliance that have established Salman Rushdie as one of today’s most acclaimed authors

can preparethem for the future as it comes barrelling down to meet them

The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter through algae on to fernsA taut, elegiac, and engrossing read, The Imagined Life follows Steven Mills, a man in a struggling marriage who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about the father who vanished from his life when he was only twelve. Driving up the coast of California, Steven seeks out his fathers friends, family, and former colleagues, and is transported back to his 1980s childhood: his parents legendary pool parties, black and white films on the backyard