{"product_id":"the-stubborn-light-of-things-by-melissa-harrison-9780571363513","title":"The Stubborn Light of Things","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA nature diary by award-winning novelist, nature writer and hit podcaster Melissa Harrison, following her journey from urban south London to the rural Suffolk countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A writer of great gifts.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Robert Macfarlane\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The journal of a writer to compare to Thomas Hardy. Melissa Harrison is among our most celebrated nature writers.'\u003c\/em\u003e - John Carey, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Londoner for over twenty years, moving from flat to Tube to air-conditioned office, Melissa Harrison knew what it was to be insulated from the seasons. Adopting a dog and going on daily walks helped reconnect her with the cycle of the year and the quiet richness of nature all around her: swifts nesting in a nearby church; ivy-leaved toadflax growing out of brick walls; the first blackbird's song; an exhilarating glimpse of a hobby over Tooting Common.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoving from scrappy city verges to ancient, rural Suffolk, where Harrison eventually relocates, this diary—compiled from her beloved Nature Notebook column in \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e—maps her joyful engagement with the natural world and demonstrates how we must first learn to see, and then act to preserve, the beauty we have on our doorsteps, no matter where we live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA perceptive and powerful call-to-arms written in mesmerising prose, \u003cem\u003eThe Stubborn Light of Things\u003c\/em\u003e confirms Harrison as a central voice in British nature writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46730581442796,"sku":"9780571363513","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11311243482391.jpg?v=1755044135","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-stubborn-light-of-things-by-melissa-harrison-9780571363513","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}