{"product_id":"2940169456714","title":"The Shepherd's Life : Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, his family have lived and worked in the Lake District of Northern England for generations, further back than recorded history. It's a part of the world known mainly for its romantic descriptions by Wordsworth and the much loved illustrated children's books of Beatrix Potter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But James' world is quite different. His way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand. It hasn't changed for hundreds of years: sending the sheep to the fells in the summer and making the hay; the autumn fairs where the flocks are replenished; the grueling toil of winter when the sheep must be kept alive, and the light-headedness that comes with spring, as the lambs are born and the sheep get ready to return to the hills and valleys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd's Life\u003c\/i\u003e the story of a deep-rooted attachment to place, modern dispatches from an ancient landscape that describe a way of life that is little noticed and yet has profoundly shaped the landscape over time. In evocative and lucid prose, James Rebanks takes us through a shepherd's year, offering a unique account of rural life and a fundamental connection with the land that most of us have lost. It is a story of working lives, the people around him, his childhood, his parents and grandparents, a people who exist and endure even as the culture amp;mdash; of the Lake District, and of farming amp;mdash; changes around them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany memoirs are of people working desperately hard to leave a place. This is the story of someone trying desperately hard to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Macmillan Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100431532272,"sku":"2940169456714","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169456714_p0.jpg?v=1763683207","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169456714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}