Cast, Catch, Release: Finding Serenity and Purpose Through Fly Fishing

British conservationist Gibson explores her passion for fishing in this captivating debut. As a child, Gibson cast for trout with her mother at a farm near their home in Gloucestershire. That hobby became an obsession—Gibson opted for a 21st birthday present of fishing rods over jewelry—and then a career, with Gibson promoting fishing gear for Orvis and then becoming a certified instructor in Yorkshire, where she eventually opened her own fishing school. As Gibson traces her career path, highlighting the “soft misogyny” she faced from internet commenters and male fishermen, she also reflects on personal milestones, including a trip to Bolivia to capture “one of the most powerful game fish in the world” and her rocky marriage to a man she calls “B.” Through it all, Gibson remains a winning narrator, fortifying the potentially niche material with lyrical prose (“Like Ariadne’s thread, this unspooling line of fishing memories and experiences has led me out of some corners that felt dark and unnavigable”). This moving meditation will even sink its hooks into readers who’ve never cast a line. Agent: Rebecca Wearmouth, Peters, Fraser & Dunlop. (June)