Thought provoking read
UnearthedUnearthed is a personal story about Claire Ratinon’s journey to feel connected to the land and her roots. Growing up in cities she felt distant from nature and unsure about where she belonged. Her life changed when she found a rooftop farm in New York which got her curious about growing food and gave her life some meaning. She left her media job and on return to London started finding food gardens and like-minded people there. She and her partner moved to the country and she started her own vegetable garden. She writes a lot about history, colonialism, racism and slavery especially related to Mauritius, her family’s home. I found the book to be very thought provoking and a few times I had to sit back and consider Claire’s point of view on the subjects of race, BLM and so on. The book was also written during the Covid year so deals with that subject as well. I enjoyed the book and enjoyed the message that we should all get back to ‘earthing’ ourselves.