___ A year of looking, listening and noticing across four unique
seasons and thirty-five beautifully illustrated poems. 'Dazzling,
moving... A book that will touch many, and be given often: here,
take this, you must read this.' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'So vivid... A
call out to our elemental relationship with love and nature.
Beautiful.' WILLEM DAFOE ___ The world changed in 2020. Gradually
at first, then quickly and irreversibly, the patterns by which we
once lived altered completely. The Heeding paints a picture of a
year caught in the grip of history, yet filled with revelatory
perspectives close at hand: a sparrowhawk hunting in a back street;
the moon over a town with a loved-one's hand held tight;
butterflies massing in a high-summer yard - the everyday wonders
and memories that shape a life and help us recall our own. Across
four seasons and thirty-five luminous poems and illustrations, Rob
Cowen and Nick Hayes lead us on a journey that takes its markers
and signs from nature and a world filled with fear and pain but
beauty and wonder too. Collecting birds, animals, trees and people
together, The Heeding is a profound meditation to a time no-one
will forget. At its heart, this is a book that helps us look again,
to heed: to be attentive to this world we share and this history
we're living through, to be aware of how valuable and fragile we
are, to grieve what's lost and to hope for a better and brighter
tomorrow. ____ 'The Heeding speaks to us all, guiding us through
the emotional journey the nation has gone through during the past
year, with humour, pathos and forensically sharp portrayals of
people and nature at a time like no other.' Stephen Moss, author of
The Robin 'Poignant and exquisite' Lucy Jones, author of Losing
Eden 'Vivid, beating, aching. The Heeding feels like both a eulogy
and a defiant, wild challenge to go on. I loved it.' Josie George,
author of A Still Life 'It is rare to find a writer that is able to
tease apart the threads that make up the fragile fabric of our
loves, hopes and despairs with such care and humility. An
exceptionally good book for an exceptionally bad time.' Matt Gaw,
author of Under the Stars
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