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    SEASIDE TALES FROM THE ISLE OF MAN

    Jun 30, 2022 5 minutes
    Reviews editors: Margaret Bartlett, Maria Hodson

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    SPRING TIDES: A STORY FROM A SMALL ISLAND

    BY FIONA GELL

    WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, £16.99 (HB)

    Disillusioned with life as a jet-setting marine biologist with a growing reputation and a carbon footprint to match, Dr Gell returned to her native Isle of Man 12 years after having “escaped” to go to university. She took up a post at the somewhat ramshackle Port Erin Marine Laboratory and started out on a path that would eventually see her shepherd into existence the island’s first-ever Marine Nature Reserve.

    What Gell’s narrative lacks in suspense – there are some objections to the proposed reserve (notably from fishermen) but by sensitive interaction she gets most residents on side – is made up for by some lyrical descriptions of Manx sea life and a chilling encounter

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