Books
by James Rebanks
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The Place of Tides |
A Cumbrian hill farmer in need of mental regeneration joins a lady in her final season tending wild nesting eider ducks on a remote Norwegian island; a cultural and family tradition of eider feather harvesting. Here you will find evocative descriptions of landscape, natural history and culture in addition to human endeavour and emotion. I loved it.
(Ros Cook - bwl 120 Spring 2026) |
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The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District |
James Rebanks was born into a family of shepherds whose roots go back 600 years. He hated school, leaving at barely 16, but later took A-levels and studied history at Oxford, gaining a first. He found fame on Twitter, recording his daily routine and notching up 40,000 followers. This memoir followed. It is lucid, unsentimental, quietly passionate about the beauty and complexity of sheep farming, his love of the land, his way of life. It's a delight.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 77 Summer 2015) |
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