📗 Libro en inglés THE PLACE OF TIDES

Enchanting Telegraph Miraculous Isabella Tree Exquisite FT From the No 1 bestselling author of The Shepherd s Life an unforgettable story of friendship redemption and a life changing voyage of discovery on a remote Norwegian island How far do you have to go to find yourself One 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 Back 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 This 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 bi