Time Lines traces an arc from coming-of-age to maturity, a biographical narrative that avoids solipsism and instead looks out to engage with the wider be it the girl on the Chittagong train in Bangladesh, or the effect of climate change on the farmers of Einarsfjord in Greenland. Beautifully crafted, humanely observed and with an ear for the muscularity as well as the lyricism of language, Time Lines is a richly rewarding debut collection.