{"product_id":"the-place-of-tides-by-james-rebanks","title":"The Place of Tides by James Rebanks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe are all in need of lights to follow.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and women rich but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack at home, Rebanks couldn't stop thinking about the woman on the rocks. She was fierce and otherworldly--and yet strangely familiar. Years passed. Then, one day, he wrote her a letter, asking if he could return. Bring work clothes, she replied, and good boots, and come quickly: her health was failing. And so he travelled to the edge of the Arctic to witness her last season on the island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of that season. It is the story of a unique and ancient landscape, and of the woman who brought it back to life. It traces the pattern of her work from the rough, isolated toil of bitter winter to the elation of the endless summer light, when the birds leave behind their precious down for gathering, like feathered gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlowly, Rebanks begins to understand that this woman and her world are not what he had previously thought. What began as a journey of escape becomes an extraordinary lesson in self-knowledge and forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Rebanks's telling of the skilled work and cultural history that he learns from Anna Måsøy is all this otherwise enlightening book needs.'\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Rebanks is an extraordinary writer, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Place of Tides\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will linger in the mind for a long time.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In these 285 thoughtful, beautifully written pages, James Rebanks shows, better than anything I've read recently, the precise quality of the catastrophe befalling the natural world and also what we might begin to do about it. Humane, beautifully paced, gentle, and strangely compelling, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Place of Tides\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e feels like, not only a modern classic, but one we very much need right now.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A beautiful book about the lives we think we're going to lead versus the lives we actually live.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaula Hawkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Place of Tides\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a magical book, at once a lament for a world in danger of disappearing, and a celebration of an indomitable spirit determined to preserve it. James Rebanks has written a quiet yet ringing masterpiece.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Rebanks\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a farmer based in the Lake District, where his family have lived and worked for over six hundred years. A graduate of Oxford University, James is the author of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestseller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shepherd's Life,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePastoral Song\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMariner Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date:\u003cspan\u003e June 24, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780063434172\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.3\" H x 8.3\" L x 5.8\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e304 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45473492598970,"sku":"9780063434172","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/81mBFoXAuQL._SL1500.jpg?v=1766869587","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/the-place-of-tides-by-james-rebanks","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}