{"product_id":"our-oaken-bones-by-merlin-hanbury-tenison-1","title":"Our Oaken Bones by Merlin Hanbury-Tenison","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs1EF720B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs5CC07D4{margin:12pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs982313B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs5CC07D4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eShortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, this indie bestseller now in paperback speaks to mental health, the healing power of nature, and how we need to heal it in return - with a blueprint for restoring Britain's rainforests.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eSHORTLISED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eThe powerful memoir on mental health, the healing power of nature, and how we need to heal it in return - with a blueprint for restoring Britain's rainforests, perfect for readers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eThe Salt Path\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eThe Lost Rainforests of Britain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eScholarly, wise, funny, charming, terrifying and thrilling... I adored it all, every page\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e. - JOANNA LUMLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eBoth a comfort and an inspiration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e - CHLOE DALTON, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eRaising Hare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a lovely book - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003ewise, brave, thoughtful, painfully intimate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e - but with a remarkable spiritual and environmental vision. - RORY STEWART\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eI look up through the canopy and time freezes as the oak leaves drift gently backwards and forwards, dappling the light as it falls onto my body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReeling from the pain of devastating miscarriages and suffering from PTSD after military adventures in Afghanistan, Merlin and his wife Lizzie decide to leave the bustle of London and return to Merlin's childhood home, a Cornish hill farm called Cabilla in the heart of Bodmin Moor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere, they are met by unexpected challenges: a farm slipping ever further into debt, the discovery that the overgrazed and damaged woods running throughout the valley are in fact one of the UK's last remaining fragments of Atlantic temperate rainforest, and the sudden and near catastrophic strickening by Covid of Merlin's father, the explorer Robin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs they fall more in love with the rainforest that Merlin had adventured in as a child, so begins a fight to save not only themselves and their farm, but also one of the world's most endangered habitats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eOur Oaken Bones \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eis an honest and intimate true story about renewal, the astonishing healing power of nature, and our duty to heal it in return.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44547343417432,"sku":"9781529144239","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781529144239_1.jpg?v=1786347258","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/our-oaken-bones-by-merlin-hanbury-tenison-1","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}