{"product_id":"house-without-windows","title":"House Without Windows","description":"\u003cb\u003e''An enchanting book. These pages simply quiver with the beauty, happiness and vigour of forests, seas and mountains . . . I can safely promise joy to any reader of it. Perfection'' \u003c\/b\u003eEleanor Farjeon, Winner of the Carnegie Medal and The Hans Christian Andersen Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover this extraordinary lost classic of nature writing - a fable about wildness and the desire to escape - beautifully illustrated by beloved artist and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e creator Jackie Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Miraculous - a fearless odyssey into a dreamtime of wildness and enchantment. Gloriously illuminated by Jackie Morris''s moving art, this is a work of strange power for our own bewildered times'' Nick Drake\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Eepersip doesn''t want to live in a house with doors and windows and a roof, so she runs away to live in the wild - first in the Meadow, then by the Sea, and finally in the Mountain. Her heartbroken parents follow her at first, bringing her back home to ''safety'' and locking her up in the stifling square of the house. But she slips away once more, following her wild heart out of the door and far away...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Newhall Follett was just thirteen years old when she published \u003ci\u003eThe House Without Windows \u003c\/i\u003ein 1927. The book went on to become a million-copy bestseller. Years later, as an adult herself, Barbara followed in the footsteps of her radical heroine - dissatisfied with the limitations of life as a respectable married woman, she walked out of her house one day and simply disappeared.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin are delighted to republish Barbara Newhall Follett''s extraordinary feminist fable for the next generation of nature lovers and escapees to discover and cherish. Newly introduced by Jackie Morris, and filled with her beautifully inked artwork, \u003ci\u003eThe House Without Windows\u003c\/i\u003e is an irresistible paean to the natural world and its transcendent effect on the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A classic, as miraculous and awe-inspiring as the nine-year-old author. Jackie Morris portrays the artistic elegance of the eastern ink with the wisdom of the West'' \u003c\/b\u003eXinran, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Women of China\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Breathtaking\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at'' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eLuminous''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eSumptuous\u003c\/b\u003e . . . A book combining meticulous wordcraft with exquisite illustrations deftly restores language describing the natural world to the children''s lexicon...The Lost Words is a beautiful book and an important one'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315837280638,"sku":"NW9780241986073","price":8.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241986073.jpg?v=1778508527","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/house-without-windows","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}