{"product_id":"books-a-place-in-my-country-by-ian-walthew","title":"A Place In My Country","description":"Chasing memories of the losses of his brother and father, the author, a young newspaper director, and his Australian wife visit the Cotswolds.  On a whim they buy a cottage and Ian resigns.  They slowly get to know Norman, their inscrutable and apparently terrifying neighbour; Geoff, the ebullient landlord of their eclectic local - last bastion against the encroaching gastropub - and Tom, an ex-gamekeeper, who lets Ian see something of a hidden rural culture.  The delightful aspects of village life and an ever-changing landscape is evocatively captured; but it is from working with Norman on his small chaotic farm that they learn about the loss of the countryside to industrial farming and of no-longer affordable housing to the dreaded 'white settlers'.  And it is shadows of the past and a seemingly segregated social world around them that begin to cast doubts on whether this is the place for them.  This is a gentle lesson in taking time to confront our losses, memories and prejudices to discover a revitalised life in our own country. A timeless, moving and uplifting tale of  merriment and visceral  beauty, A Place in My Country reads more like a novel and challenges for the better how we think of the English countryside.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53508441112849,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780297851738.jpg?v=1778147037","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-a-place-in-my-country-by-ian-walthew","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}