Salt on Your Tongue, by Charlotte Runcie, Cannongate, 2020

In Salt On Your Tongue, Charlotte Runcie asks what the sea means to women, seen through the eyes of writers, artists, romantic poets, shanty-singers, mothers and lovers. It’s a meandering and personal ode to our oceans – to women who lost their loved ones to the waves, to the creatures that dwell in their depths, to beachcombers, swimmers, seabirds and mermaids.