{"product_id":"9781529370379","title":"Burn : A Story of Fire, Woods and Healing","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Short, Ben \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 16\/02\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 256 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529370379,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An extraordinary and powerful book, full of vitality. Every page celebrates the way traditional skills can shape who we are' Tristan Gooley'Lyrical, moving and never self-pitying . . . a lovely book' The TimesBen Short has a successful career in advertising, a flat in a trendy part of London, a flashy motorbike. But after years of suffering with anxiety, he's a wreck. A drastic change is needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a time, he finds solace working with a forester, then as an apprentice to a Gypsy woodman, setting up home in a dilapidated wagon with just a rescue dog for company. However, it is not until he feels the call of the furnace, a glowing charcoal kiln in the Dorset woods, that he can truly re-forge his thoughts, put the years of suffering behind him, and start afresh by immersing himself in the old ways of woods and fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExquisitely written and deeply honest, Burn is a hopeful story of transformation, a celebration of manual work and craft, and a love letter to the English countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beautifully written . . . reading it leaves you feeling ruffled but alive' Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40990822170668,"sku":"9781529370379","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529370379.jpg?v=1759669799","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529370379","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}