{"product_id":"the-summer-meadow-by-miriam-darlington-paperback","title":"The Summer Meadow - by Miriam Darlington - Paperback","description":"What could be more evocative of heady summer days than a meadow in all its blowy, flowery glory?\u003cbr\u003eIn this exquisite prose essay, leading naturalist Miriam Darlington takes us deep into the heart of a local meadow in her beloved Devon. She describes how a “drained and threadbare place” is regenerated, how it slowly fills with flowers, insects, mammals and birds until it is teeming with life – a “patchwork of heaven”.\u003cbr\u003eThe meadow does its own work, but it is helped by human hands – something that creates a passionate bond between the writer and this special habitat:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I turned myself over to the hot blue sky, lying among eyebright, pimpernel and meadowsweet. My senses attuned to a tide of cricket-sound, the whirring voice of the grassland.”\u003cbr\u003efrom ‘The Summer Meadow’ by Miriam Darlington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are many kinds of meadow, we are told. By paying close attention to the particular, a treasured place is brought to life in all its vivid and unique beauty.\u003cbr\u003ePoems by EJ Scovell and Katharine Towers.\u003cbr\u003ePUBLISHER:\u003cbr\u003eCandlestick Press\u003cbr\u003eAUTHOR:\u003cbr\u003eMiriam Darlington\u003cbr\u003eBIND:\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePAGES:\u003cbr\u003e20\u003cbr\u003eDIMENSIONS:\u003cbr\u003e137 x 210 mm","brand":"NATIONWIDE BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41798089769093,"sku":"PR427662","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/volts9781913627423_0_TSM4QID8INLS.jpg?v=1786167461","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-summer-meadow-by-miriam-darlington-paperback","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}