Adrift is an engaging introduction to living on a narrow boat, held together with atmospheric descriptions of reconnecting with life's simple pleasures ... It is at its best when capturing the transition from a life on land to a life on board, as well as mapping the evolving relationship between urban building developments and the canal's ecology. -- Times Literary Supplement

Babbs is an excellent nature writer, evoking the lives and emotions tied to the water. Charming -- Steven Cooper - Waterstones Events Manager, The Bookseller

A compelling exploration of river living - Homes and Gardens

One of the best waterways books for decades - Waterways World

A treat ... Babbs's effortless prose is tight and lyrical, moseying along at a calm, steady pace, but there are moments both barbed and cutting ... A serious and fascinating book - Hackney Citizen

Chapter after chapter of utterly captivating prose - Caught by the River

Waterways writing at its finest: the breathtaking, boat-eulogising Adrift. -- @TheBookBarge

Helen Babbs is a writer and journalist. Her work has been published by the BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, New Statesman and Time Out, among others. Helen's first book - My Garden, the City and Me, about urban nature and the glory of growing things - was published in 2011 and nominated for two garden writing awards.