Pastures New

Alex has perfected the art of dodging responsibility during her almost 40 years - until an unexpected letter turns her life upside down. She''s inherited a crumbling sheep farm in deepest, wettest Wales. This was not her life plan. Not at all. Now, her closest companion is a grumpy Welsh terrier, she''s speed-reading An Idiot''s Guide to Farming , and her arrival has set the village gossip mill spinning. With the farm near collapse and its community now relying on her, Alex sets out to uncover the truth behind her mysterious inheritance. Then she can finally get back to the carefree life she thought she wanted. But as secrets surface, Alex finds her heart pulling her in a direction she never saw coming. Will she pack her bags - or has she landed exactly where she''s meant to be?

About the author

Clare Balding grew up in the countryside surrounded by horses and dogs, and reading everything from Jilly Cooper to Henry James. Her autobiography, My Animals and Other Family, won the National Book Award for Autobiography of the Year and she has also written a series of children's books set around a girl and her horse.
After an English Literature degree at Cambridge she became a journalist. Alongside her award-winning Olympics and Wimbledon broadcasting and coverage of major royal events, Clare hosts her much-loved Ramblings series on Radio 4, taking her across the British Isles exploring its landscape and its storytelling.
A passionate campaigner for equality and women's sport, Clare was awarded a CBE in 2022.

Product details

• Authors: Clare Balding, Balding Clare
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 11.09.2025
• EAN: 9780008607029
• ISBN: 978-0-00-860702-9
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family life fiction, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / Nature & the Environment, FICTION / World Literature / Wales, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Family Life / Multigenerational