{"product_id":"stubborn-light-of-things","title":"Stubborn Light Of Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e*UPDATED EDITION FEATURING EXTRA MATERIAL*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A writer of great gifts.''\u003cb\u003e ROBERT MACFARLANE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The journal of a writer to compare to Thomas Hardy. Melissa Harrison is among our most celebrated nature writers.''\u003cb\u003e JOHN CAREY, \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving from scrappy city verges to ancient, rural Suffolk, where Harrison eventually relocates, this diary - compiled from her beloved Nature Notebook column in The Times - 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA perceptive and powerful call-to-arms written in mesmerising prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Stubborn Light of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Harrison as a central voice in British nature writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315262890366,"sku":"NW9780571363513","price":11.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571363513.jpg?v=1778599274","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/stubborn-light-of-things","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}