{"product_id":"down-burrow-lane-life-and-love-on-the-farm","title":"Down Burrow Lane by Michael Morpurgo (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A moving, vulnerable, honest, compassionate portrait of love, nature, writing and a life well-lived' Rory Stewart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lyrical memoir of life and love on a Devon farm - Michael Morpurgo's most personal and moving book to date\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty years ago, Michael and Clare Morpurgo packed their young family into a car in London and set off for a remote farm in rural Devon, down a narrow track called Burrow Lane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was on this magical farm that Michael, then a young schoolteacher, became a writer. Over the years, it would inspire many of his best-loved books, including War Horse and Private Peaceful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, Michael and Clare raised their family - and, in many ways, grew up themselves. They also welcomed more than 100,000 children from towns and cities to experience life in the countryside through their charity, Farms for City Children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the remarkable love story of Michael and Clare, and an account of the joys and hardships of life on the farm across five decades: a journey through the seasons and years that shaped the land around them, and the lives of the children forever changed by their time there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somiibooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53843169902935,"sku":"9781399760089","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9781399760089.jpg?v=1782067682","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/down-burrow-lane-life-and-love-on-the-farm","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}