{"product_id":"rooted-9780241991824","title":"Rooted","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eAn honest look at the farming life today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eRaw, earthy and inspiring\u003c\/b\u003e'' - Cal Flyn, author of \u003ci\u003eIslands of Abandonment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully written, incredibly timely book'' - \u003c\/b\u003eClover Stroud, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Wild and Sleepless Nights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen barrister and author Sarah Langford left her city life behind she found herself unexpectedly back in the world of farming. It was not how she remembered. Instead, she saw farmers dealing with very different problems to those faced by her grandfather, considered a hero for having fed a starving nation after war. Now farmers faced accusations of ecological mismanagement by a hostile urban media whilst battling extreme weather and political upheaval. Yet as Sarah learned how to farm and grew closer to the land, she discovered a new generation on a path of regenerative change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRooted\u003c\/i\u003e, Sarah weaves her own story around those who t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnthralling \u003c\/b\u003e... An unignorable call to understand the challenges facing not only farming but the Earth itself. * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsorbing, compassionate [and] galvanising.\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangford writes so movingly of the countryside and its effect on her heart and her family.\u003c\/b\u003e * TLS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore than a memoir;\u003c\/b\u003e Langford manages to contain and convey the whole scale of the coming agricultural revolution. * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA refreshing perspective on a overwhelmingly masculine world\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eSarah Langford's book on farming is really a book about healing. All of life and death is here: family, politics, nature, climate, history, humanity. \u003ci\u003eRooted \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003ea beautifully written, powerful reminder of where we've gone wrong, what is at stake, and how we can change.\u003c\/b\u003e I loved it. * Christie Watson, bestselling author of The Language of Kindness *\u003cbr\u003eRooted offers us an honest look at the farming life today. It is not an easy way to make a living, but through Langford's personal story - and those of who she meets - we appreciate how it offers a connection with the land, and a firmer sense of our place in the world. \u003cb\u003eRaw, earthy and inspiring.\u003c\/b\u003e * Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving, startling, uplifting, galvanising and unsettling, this plainly beautiful book is one of those rare few that changes how you see the world around you\u003c\/b\u003e: the shape of fields seen from a train, the vegetables in a supermarket chiller cabinet, the earth beneath your feet and falling through your fingers. * Ella Risbridger, author of Midnight Chicken and The Year of Miracles *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully written, incredibly timely book\u003c\/b\u003e addressing not just where our food comes from and why this matters so much, but also fundamental questions relating to our relationship with the land, and the definition of home. * Clover Stroud, author of My Wild and Sleepless Nights *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeartbreaking and hopeful, this story of a farming revival has never been more important. It opened my eyes and touched my soul\u003c\/b\u003e * Esther Freud *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magical book of wonderful stories about how farmers think and the challenges they face.\u003c\/b\u003e It demonstrates that farmers across the country are passionate about producing food and caring for the land. \u003cb\u003eA triumph\u003c\/b\u003e * Jake Fiennes, author of Land Healer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRooted \u003c\/i\u003eis a brave thing: a book that prods into the ever-widening gulf between the binaries we increasingly use to examine the world. \u003cb\u003eAs conversations about what we eat and where it comes from reach fever-pitch, Sarah Langford's clear-eyed, inquisitive and passionate plea for farmers and farming offers a vital understanding when it has never been so needed.\u003c\/b\u003e I hope everyone reads it. * Alice Vincent, author of Rootbound *\u003cbr\u003eAn eloquent and personal insight into the terrible human as well as environmental cost of cheap food and \u003cb\u003ean inspiring account of the people working to heal our relationship with our habitat and ourselves. Urgent, necessary and moving.\u003c\/b\u003e * Ben Rawlence, author of The Treeline *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fine book: heartfelt, honest and hopeful\u003c\/b\u003e. Sarah has the knowledge and skill to help people better understand where their food comes from and why we should all care. * Helen Rebanks *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving, intimate, tender and searing, this is a gem of a book with deep roots and fresh green shoots\u003c\/b\u003e. * Tamsin Calidas, author of I Am An Island *\u003cbr\u003eA timely and optimistic book, ostensibly about why we need farming to produce food, but more deeply about \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e farming is done, or could be done. \u003cb\u003eRefreshingly authentic, \u003ci\u003eRooted \u003c\/i\u003egives us a hopeful sense of a regenerative future\u003c\/b\u003e * Juliet Blaxland, author of The Easternmost House and The Easternmost Sky *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvocative and resonant\u003c\/b\u003e. These are stories that need to be told. * Andy Cato, Groove Armada and Wildfarmed *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetically written and filled with compelling data\u003c\/b\u003e about modern-day farming * Vogue *\u003cbr\u003eWhere \u003ci\u003eRooted \u003c\/i\u003eploughs its own \u003cb\u003eshining furrow in its humanity\u003c\/b\u003e ... but also the gathered, \u003cb\u003einspirational\u003c\/b\u003e stories of farmers trying to do better and greener. * John Lewis-Stempel *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733435756887,"sku":"9780241991824","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241991824.jpg?v=1720000069","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rooted-9780241991824","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}