The Place of Tides

James Rebanks is a shepherd based in the Lake District. His first book, The Shepherd''s Life, won The Lakeland Book of the Year 2015 and was shortlisted for both The Wainwright Prize and the Ondaatje Prize. Also known as the Herdwick Shepherd, his Twitter account of daily life in the Lakes has a strong international following. His family have lived and farmed in the Lake District for six hundred years.>

About the author

James Rebanks is a farmer based in the Lake District, where his family have lived and worked for over six hundred years. His No.1 bestselling debut, The Shepherd's Life, won the Lake District Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Wainwright and Ondaatje prizes, and has been translated into sixteen languages. His second book, English Pastoral, was also a Top Ten bestseller and was named the Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year. Heralded as a 'masterpiece' by the New Statesman, it was shortlisted for the Ondaatje prize, and longlisted for the Rathbones Folio prize and the Orwell Prize for Political Writing.

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Humane, beautifully paced, gentle, and strangely compelling, The Place of Tides feels like, not only a modern classic, but one we very much need right now George Saunders

Product details

• Authors: James Rebanks, Rebanks James
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.07.2025
• EAN: 9780141991924
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199192-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Norway, Memoirs, NATURE / Regional, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Coping with death & bereavement, PSYCHOLOGY / Grief & Loss, Rural communities, Islands, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, TRAVEL / Europe / Nordic Countries / Norway, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, Rural communities / rural life