{"product_id":"9781783968640","title":"Lifelines : Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hoffman, Julian \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 15\/05\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781783968640,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Lifelines is a book that will refresh your soul' Carol Drinkwater, author of The Olive Farm?A story of shelter, generosity and welcome. A story of searching for home in the mountains and lakes of northern Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the summer of 2000, Julian Hoffman and his wife Julia found themselves disillusioned with city life. Overwhelmed by long commutes, they stumbled upon a book about Prespa, Greece - a remote corner of Europe filled with stone villages, snow-capped mountains and wildlife. What began as curiosity soon transformed into a life-changing decision: to make Prespa their home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Prespa is a crossroads. Where three countries come together around two huge lakes, where limestone collides with granite and heat-pulsing Mediterranean ecosystems meet their colder, Balkan relatives. Here, languages, wartime histories and rivers converge, and pelicans, bears and people leave their footprints on the water’s edge – next to unexploded bombs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lifelines is not only the tale of a courageous leap into a new life, but of seasons punctuated by unforgettable encounters, from a stare-down with a bear surrounded by Spring wildflowers to a deep-winter meeting with fourteen wrens sheltering above a frozen doorway. And into this place encircled by mountains, Julian seamlessly weaves an intricate web of stories – of conflict and possibility; of refuge lost and found; of the wild lifelines that connect us all as we move through the world seeking a home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Julian Hoffman’s writing is knockout beautiful, perceptive, sensitive, thoughtful, beguiling, deeply smart, full of humanity, and a lifeline in itself.’ Keggie Carew, author of Dadland\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55241567371637,"sku":"9781783968640","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781783968640.jpg?v=1744101195","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781783968640","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}