{"product_id":"the-sheep-stell-9781472128607","title":"The Sheep Stell","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One woman''s gloriously lyrical account of life and love as a shepherdess'' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Janet White''s unfailingly enjoyable book . . . taps into a widespread feeling that we have become cut off from the natural world'' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A book to share or even fight over if necessary'' Rosamund Young, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Cows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An immensely enjoyable and heartfelt book: it makes you want to run for the hills'' \u003ci\u003eThe Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith an introduction by Colin Thubron\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a child in wartime England, Janet White decided that she wanted to live somewhere wild and supremely beautiful, to inhabit and work the landscape. She imagined searching the whole world for a place, high and remote as a sheep stell, quiet as a monastery, challenging and virginal, untouched and unknown. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTurning her back on convention, Janet''s desire to carve out her own pastoral Eden has taken her from the Cheviot Hills to Su\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne woman's gloriously lyrical account of life and love as a shepherdess * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eJanet White's unfailingly enjoyable book . . . taps into a widespread feeling that we have become cut off from the natural world . . . both an evocative picture of a life adapted to seasonal rhythms and an arresting account of the casual sexism White experienced -- Rebecca Foster * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eLovers of the countryside will enjoy this moving, quietly written account of a young woman's adventures as she made her way in the farming world . . . An immensely enjoyable and heartfelt book: it makes you want to run for the hills -- Rebecca Wallersteiner * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating read that will move and inspire with every turn of the page * Countryside *\u003cbr\u003eIntense insight -- Helen Brown * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA hymn to country solitude, lyrical, unpretentious and deeply felt * Colin Thubron *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a strange and lovely book, and quiet as it is, it makes you gasp at the profoundly lived quality of the life it so modestly describes * Jenny Diski *\u003cbr\u003eA book to share or even fight over if necessary * Rosamund Young, author of The Secret Life of Cows *\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary memoir . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Sheep Stell\u003c\/i\u003e is pure joy, one of the most moving books I've read in a long time * Philip Marsden, author of Rising Ground *\u003cbr\u003eUtterly enchanting; a fascinating story, beautifully written * Penny Junor, author of The Duchess: The Untold Story *\u003cbr\u003eJanet White's book should be compulsory reading * John Barrington, author of Red Sky at Night *\u003cbr\u003eJanet writes delightfully of her unique life story and ultimately tranquil life on her West Country farm. But that idyllic lifestyle belies the steely determination that led her to the other side of the world and unforeseen drama, as she pursued her dream of shepherding * David Kennard, author of A Shepherd's Watch *\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully written memoir of a quietly courageous life. My admiration for its author grew on every page: her strength of purpose, her resolve, and her clear, straightforward love of solitude, space and freedom that carried her - and carried me - around the world and back * Nick Hunt, author of Where the Wild Winds Are *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739376267607,"sku":"9781472128607","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472128607.jpg?v=1720052061","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sheep-stell-9781472128607","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}