{"product_id":"giant-on-the-skyline","title":"Giant On The Skyline","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller of \u003ci\u003eThe Red of my Blood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Wild and Sleepless Nights \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an inspiring memoir about home, family, and belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A travel book about wanting to stay put\u003c\/b\u003e: a pilgrimage through a fabled English landscape … \u003cb\u003eStroud’s best memoir yet, the most invigoratingly expansive, strikingly written\u003c\/b\u003e. Moving … Transformative.'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Stroud writes gloriously… a deeply thoughtful exploration of the meaning of home and belonging''\u003c\/b\u003e. - i News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eThe Giant on the Skyline\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea potent reminder\u003c\/b\u003e, as Stroud takes a step into the unknown, \u003cb\u003eof the ways in which places become part of you\u003c\/b\u003e.'' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''In the Giant on the Skyline, Stroud has produced something \u003cb\u003eexceptional\u003c\/b\u003e: a mystical meditation on what home means and what constitutes belonging … It is \u003cb\u003emagical and haunting and profoundly moving\u003c\/b\u003e.'' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Assured, visceral, sexy as well as sensuous, richly coloured in every way.'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oldie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaw, honest and poignant.'' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eWoman''s Own\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the books we''re \u003cb\u003emost looking forward to in 2024\u003c\/b\u003e'' - \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWould you give up your home for your partner''s career? What is it that makes your home a home? Can you make a home without the roots that tie you to a place? What is a home when a family is split?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClover''s eldest children are leaving home for university. Her husband Pete''s work is in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only way for Clover and the younger children to live with him is to uproot, leave their rural life near the ancient Ridgeway in Oxfordshire and move to Washington DC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForced to leave the home she loves, Clover sets out to explore the place where she lives, understand the history of her landscape, and work out why it is that it is so hard for her to go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this profound and moving memoir, Sunday Times bestselling author Clover Stroud paints a beautifully layered portrait of home, family, community and of belonging. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eI loved this\u003c\/b\u003e…She writes with force, power, and a radical transparency. It''s \u003cb\u003ea gift\u003c\/b\u003e.’ - Cal Flynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This\u003cb\u003e incredibly special book\u003c\/b\u003e will make you think of all the places and people you have ever called home.’ - Emma Gannon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I’m blown away by Clover’s writing. So \u003cb\u003eimpressive, inspiring, fluid, honest and resonant\u003c\/b\u003e.’ - James Aldred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eA beautiful book,\u003c\/b\u003e written in lyrical, liquid prose that seems to flow straight from the heart to the page.’ - Sophy Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Few writers I know have this intense intimacy, or such an immediately engaging effect on a reader. \u003cb\u003eIt really is magic\u003c\/b\u003e.’ - Lucy Atkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Clover’s most profound and moving, and unquestionably \u003cb\u003eher most soaringly beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e…’ - Juliet Nicolson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for Clover Stroud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A \u003cb\u003efearless explorer of the human heart\u003c\/b\u003e.'' - Elizabeth Gilbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Stroud''s writing is\u003cb\u003e knife-sharp, beautiful and profound\u003c\/b\u003e.'' - Madeline Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Clover''s writing is \u003cb\u003esensationally beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e.'' - Laura Cumming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eI love Clover Stroud''s writing\u003c\/b\u003e. It feels like she''s mining for treasure, drilling down with\u003cb\u003e lyrical prose\u003c\/b\u003e, getting to the thing that makes us human.'' - Christie Watson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57201586536830,"sku":"NW9780857529152","price":14.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780857529152.jpg?v=1778598046","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/giant-on-the-skyline","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}