−50%The River That Took Its Time: Following a slow river from spring to sea
Isla Merriweather · narrated by Marlow Hale
2026
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You follow a single river from its first trickle in spring hills to its wide arrival at the sea, moving at the pace the water allows. Marlow Hale reads in a voice that matches the current: unhurried, clear, attentive to small shifts. You will learn to notice what the meadow offers in June, how a heron holds its stillness, why a mill race runs empty in late summer. Each chapter marks a stage of the journey and a season of attention: haymaking heat, the careful crossing of stepping stones, the moment you learn the river's older name. The sound carries birdsong, water over stone, wind in bankside grasses. Settle in and let the current set your pace.
17 chapters
- 1Before We Set Off2m
- 2Chapter 1: Where the Water First Wakes17m
- 3Chapter 2: The Name of the River17m
- 4Chapter 3: What the Meadow Gives17m
- 5Chapter 4: Walking the Bank at Haymaking19m
- 6Chapter 5: The Heron Stands22m
- 7Chapter 6: Crossing by Stepping Stones14m
- 8Chapter 7: The Mill Race Runs Empty13m
- 9Chapter 8: Evening Light on Slow Water16m
- 10Chapter 9: The Ferryman's Garden17m
- 11Chapter 10: Sleeping in a Boat21m
- 12Chapter 11: The River Widens19m
- 13Chapter 12: Mudflats at the Turning of the Tide18m
- 14Chapter 13: A Habit of Rivers16m
- 15Chapter 14: When the Water Speaks Differently12m
- 16About the Author1m
- 17The Rest of the Work1m
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