{"product_id":"the-heeding-hardcover","title":"The Heeding - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRob Cowen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNick Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dazzling, moving... A book that will touch many, and be given often: here, take this, you must read this.\" --Robert Macfarlane \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"So vivid... A call out to our elemental relationship with love and nature. Beautiful.\" --Willem Dafoe \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The world changed in 2020. Gradually at first, then quickly and irreversibly, the patterns by which we once lived altered completely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Across four seasons and a luminous series of poems and illustrations, Rob Cowen and Nick Hayes paint a picture of a year caught in the grip of history yet filled with revelatory perspectives close at hand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A sparrowhawk hunting in a back street; the moon over a town with a loved one's hand held tight; butterflies massing in a high-summer yard\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ethe everyday wonders and memories that shape a life and help us recall our own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heeding\u003c\/i\u003e leads us on a journey that takes its markers and signs from nature and a world filled with fear and pain but beauty and wonder too. Collecting birds, animals, trees, and people together, it is a profound meditation to a time no one will forget. At its heart, this is a book that helps us look again, to heed: to be attentive to this world we share, to grieve what's lost, and to hope for a better and brighter tomorrow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The light shines through this book. Poetry is a kind of breathing space and Rob Cowen has taken to it. Domestic in the best sense of the word - small scale, intimate, known - it is tender in as many senses of that word as there are. I am deeply grateful for it.\" --Tim Dee, author, \u003ci\u003eLandfill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Cowen\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer, hailed as one of the UK's most original voices on nature and place. His book\u003ci\u003e Common Ground\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Portico, Richard Jefferies Society, and Wainwright Prizes and voted one of the nation's favorite nature books on BBC\u003ci\u003e Winterwatch\u003c\/i\u003e. His poems have featured on\u003ci\u003e Caught By The River\u003c\/i\u003e and in\u003ci\u003e Letters to the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (Harper Collins). He lives in North Yorkshire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, illustrator, and print-maker. He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003ci\u003e The Book of Trespass\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published graphic novels with Jonathan Cape and worked for many renowned titles. He lives on the Kennet and Avon canal.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.81 x 5.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698591436863,"sku":"9781783965977","price":27.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3eab7b2c121a740d254a7ba50066f02b.webp?v=1765010695","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-heeding-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}