CLEARING: A MEMOIR OF ART FAMILY AND MENTAL HEALTH

A powerful memoir about mental illness and grief, interspersed with meditations on nature, philosophy, literature and science that weaves in the works and lives of others, including celebrated painter Agnes Martin and scientist of dark matter Vera Rubin. Samantha Clark enjoyed a busy career as an artist before returning home to Glasgow to take care of the house that her parents had left behind. Moving from room to room, sifting through the clutter of belongings she began to contemplate her inheritance and realised that a need for creativity and a desire for solitude had sprung up from a childhood shaped by anxiety and confusion.