{"product_id":"the-grassling-elizabeth-jane-burnett-9780141989624","title":"The Grassling by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett (Paperback)","description":"\u003cb\u003e'A subtle, moving celebration of place and connectedness . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Grassling\u003c\/i\u003e brings the sounds, smells and sights of the countryside alive like few other books. Burnett stretches the limits of prose, infusing it with poetic intensity to create a powerful, original voice' PD Smith, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat fills my lungs is wider than breath could be. It is a place and a language torn, matted and melded; flowered and chiming with bones. That breath is that place and until I get there I will not really be breathing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSpurred on by her father's declining health and inspired by the history he once wrote of his small Devon village, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett delves through layers of memory, language and natural history to tell a powerful story of how the land shapes us and speaks to us. \u003ci\u003eThe Grassling\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about roots: what it means to belong when the soil beneath our feet is constantly shifting, when the people and places that nurtured us are slipping away.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55471630057815,"sku":"9780141989624","price":11.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9780141989624.jpg?v=1792185359","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/the-grassling-elizabeth-jane-burnett-9780141989624","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}