The Farmer's Wife

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the book equivalent of getting up before everyone else to enjoy the silence of the day.' 'An absorbing , often magical book ''A beautifully written manifesto for the life she's chosen to lead''A beacon of light. AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Beautiful.' Daily Mail'True, unflinching, powerful, lyrical' Kate Mosse'Wonderful, inviting, wholesome.' Observer'Beautiful and very honest.' CAITLIN MORAN'It's quite an achievement to shine a light of truth on the often idealised, always understated, role of the farmer's wife.' RAYNOR WINNThis honest and heartwarming memoir offers a portrait of the labour and glory of keeping a home and raising a family. Weaving past and present, Helen Rebanks shares her highs and lows, from the emotional journey to the birth of her first child, and the endless improvisation of each night's dinner, to the dog gobbling up her daughter's freshly-made birthday cake. These are days that have shaped her, and the ways she finds the quiet strength to keep going. 'In its own quiet way, [The Farmer's Wife] is a manifesto: every woman has the right to choose the life they want.' Mail on Sunday'Very moving, real and true.' AMY LIPTROT'Enchanting, funny, fearless. . . a luminously beautiful memoir.' Spectator'Authentic and affecting.' SARAH LANGFORD'Lovely, warm and real, it made me cry and cook and think. ' ELLA RISBRIDGERReaders love The Farmer's Wife'Lovely. . . the book equivalent of getting up before everyone else to enjoy the silence of the day.''An absorbing , often magical book''A beautifully written manifesto for the life she's chosen to lead''A beacon of light. . . I've never read a memoir quite like this.'Helen Rebanks' book The Farmer's Wife was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 02-09-2023

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'A skilfully told memoir of love and loss.' Cumbria Life'True, unflinching, powerful, lyrical' KATE MOSSE'Wonderful, inviting, wholesome.' Observer'Beautiful and very honest.' CAITLIN MORAN'Quite an achievement.' RAYNOR WINN'Rebanks does an excellent job of writing women's labour back into the story of the English farm.' GuardianIn this honest and heartwarming memoir, Helen Rebanks invites us to experience life in the Lake District as a farmer's wife. Weaving past and present, Helen shares her highs and lows, from the Cumbrian farmhouse kitchen where she taught herself to cook, to braving the Beast from the East, from the endless improvisation of what to make for tea, to the dog gobbling up her daughter's freshly-made birthday cake. These are the days that have shaped her, and the ways she finds the quiet strength to keep going. 'Compelling . . . without the Mrs Rebankses of the world, everything would fall apart.' Country Life'Very moving, real and true.' AMY LIPTROT'Authentic and affecting.' SARAH LANGFORD'Lovely, warm and real, it made me cry and cook and think. ' ELLA RISBRIDGERReaders love The Farmer's Wife'Lovely. . . the book equivalent of getting up before everyone else to enjoy the silence of the day.''Evocative and thought-provoking. . . a beautiful, lyrical read that gives voice to the 'pushes and pulls' of everyday life.''A beautifully written manifesto for the life she's chosen to lead''A beacon of light. . . I've never read a memoir quite like this.'

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Pages: 384, Edition: Main, Paperback, Veltman Distributie Import Books