{"product_id":"9781785787201-shearwater","title":"Shearwater","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home\u003cbr\u003eA very personal mix of memoir and natural history from the author of \u003ci\u003eLiquid Gold\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eShearwater\u003c\/i\u003e is sheer delight, a luminous portrait of a magical seabird which spans the watery globe' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Charming and impassioned . a rich tribute to an extraordinary bird.' Horatio Clare, author of \u003ci\u003eA Single Swallow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeavy Light\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very personal mix of memoir and natural history from the author of \u003ci\u003eLiquid Gold\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen weeks into its life, a Manx shearwater chick will emerge from its burrow and fly 8,000 miles from the west coast of the British Isles to the South Atlantic. It will be unlikely to touch land again for four years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart memoir, part homage to wilderness, \u003ci\u003eShearwater\u003c\/i\u003e traces the author's 50-year obsession with one of nature's supreme travellers. In the finest tradition of nature writing, Roger Morgan-Grenville, author of \u003ci\u003eLiquid Gold\u003c\/i\u003e - described by Mary Colwell (\u003ci\u003eCurlew Moon\u003c\/i\u003e) as 'a book that ignites joy and warmth' - unpicks the science behind its incredible journey; and into the story of a year in the shearwater's life, he threads the inspirational influence of his Hebridean grandmother who instilled in him a love of wild places and wild animals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of lightly-worn knowledge, acute human observation and self-deprecating humour, \u003ci\u003eShearwater\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life a truly mysterious and charismatic bird.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535924797814,"sku":"9781785787201","price":15.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40185870.jpg?v=1774283471","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785787201-shearwater","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}