{"product_id":"the-sheep-stell-9781472128621","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\u003cb\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 Sussex and Somerset, via the savage beauty of rural New Zealand. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sheep Stell \u003c\/i\u003etells the tale of a wo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA hymn to country solitude, lyrical, unpretentious and deeply felt - Colin Thubron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA book to share or even fight over if necessary - Rosamund Young, author of The Secret Life of Cows\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUtterly enchanting; a fascinating story, beautifully written - Penny Junor, author of The Duchess: The Untold Story\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJanet White's book should be compulsory reading - John Barrington, author of Red Sky at Night","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739376169303,"sku":"9781472128621","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472128621.jpg?v=1720052060","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sheep-stell-9781472128621","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}