The Worry Bottles - Helen Salsbury (Paperback) PRE-ORDER

The Worry Bottles - a novel by Helen Salsbury (374 pages, paperback)

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This item is a pre-order. The novel is launched on 24th October 2026.

Naomi, an idealistic businesswoman, writes down her worries and discards them into the Bristol Channel in bottles. Matthew, an artist living alone on an island, finds them and the tenor of his existence is disturbed. They meet. The resulting lifestyle clash, played out against the island’s landscape and history, will change both of them.

• 'Beautifully written, intriguing and relatable. A British Anita Shreeve.' Annie Kirby, author of The Hollow Sea.
• 'The sensual imagery of The Worry Bottles drew me in from the start, while the unlikely pairing of Naomi and Matthew kept me intrigued and guessing until the very last lines. By far the best book I've read all year. Masterful!' Loree Westron, author of A Legacy of Earth and Sky