"The Plot" was published by Granta in 2009. The book traces how humans have used one acre of land on the edge of the North York moors over thousands of years right up to the present day including her own family's use of the land. It is partly an account of the War Memorial Chapel her father built on the acre as well as a history of an area of great natural beauty and rich history. "Love Of Country: A Hebridean Journey", published in 2016, concerns the relationship between England and Scotland through the prism of a series of journeys through the Hebrides. It was Radio Four Book of the Week and was widely praised in reviews including in "The New Statesman, The Scotsman"and" The Guardian. "In April 2019 she published her first novel, Island Song. In October 2020 she published Labours of Love, The Crisis of Care.