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English Pastoral - An Inheritance - The Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Shepherd's Life (Paperback)
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English Pastoral - An Inheritance - The Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Shepherd's Life (Paperback)
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THE SUNDAY TIMES NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR The new bestseller from
the author of The Shepherd's Life 'A beautifully written story of a
family, a home and a changing landscape' Nigel Slater As a boy,
James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the old
way. Their family farm in the Lake District hills was part of an
ancient agricultural landscape: a patchwork of crops and meadows,
of pastures grazed with livestock, and hedgerows teeming with
wildlife. And yet, by the time James inherited the farm, it was
barely recognisable. The men and women had vanished from the
fields; the old stone barns had crumbled; the skies had emptied of
birds and their wind-blown song. English Pastoral is the story of
an inheritance: one that affects us all. It tells of how rural
landscapes around the world were brought close to collapse, and the
age-old rhythms of work, weather, community and wild things were
lost. And yet this elegy from the northern fells is also a song of
hope: of how, guided by the past, one farmer began to salvage a
tiny corner of England that was now his, doing his best to restore
the life that had vanished and to leave a legacy for the future.
This is a book about what it means to have love and pride in a
place, and how, against all the odds, it may still be possible to
build a new pastoral: not a utopia, but somewhere decent for us
all. 'A heartfelt book and one that dares to hope' Alan Bennett 'A
wonder of a book, fierce, tender, and beautiful' Helen Macdonald
Winner of the Wainwright Prize Winner of the Fortnum & Mason
Food Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize Shortlisted
for the Ondaatje Prize Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize
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