Description

A beautiful, healing book for anyone who has ever struggled with pregnancy loss and recovery, and is looking for symbols of hope in the wider, wilder world.

When Jennifer Lane finally fell pregnant, she and her partner were overjoyed. But it wasn’t an easy pregnancy, and her journey towards motherhood was, in the end, a story of loss.

In the wake of her traumatic grief and physical recovery, Jennifer – a practising green witch – was left questioning everything about her beliefs. Trust your intuition, they say. But what if the worst thing that could happen does?

As she grieved, Jennifer turned to the mysteries of our animal natures, witchcraft and women’s fertility for understanding and comfort. This beautifully written account of finding solace in the natural world offers companionship through loss, and a sustaining path to joy and hope.

Publisher Review

‘Jennifer Lane writes with clarity, honesty and care in a beautiful honouring of her daughter and of her experience of grief. Underwing will make those of us who have experienced stillbirth and miscarriage feel seen. Lane guides us through what it can mean to have a deep connection with nature severed and then slowly reformed – I am glad to read books that redefine writing about nature and Underwing does this so well’ Sally Huband, author of Sea Bean ‘Jennifer Lane’s writing is sincere, tender and rich with wonderment, empowering her readers to resist a conventional existence and look deeper into the heart of nature’ Tiffany Francis, author of Dark Skies MORE PRAISE FOR JENNIFER LANE

‘Jennifer Lane casts a kind a contrary nature spell over her readers, full of glitter and acorns, fire and firecrests’ Derek Niemann, Guardian

‘Jennifer’s passion emanates from the page, pulling the reader in so that we begin to look at the trees around us through her eyes, with that child-like sense of wonder. A joyous and magickal experience’ The Folklore Podcast