21%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
A Place of Refuge: An Experiment in Communal Living The Story of Windsor Hill Wood
Tobias Jones
€ 14.99
€ 11.86
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for A Place of Refuge: An Experiment in Communal Living The Story of Windsor Hill Wood
Paperback. .
Why is it that the more advanced our society becomes, the unhappier we are? Seeking an answer from the only honest perspective, Tobias Jones and his wife opened up their family home and ten acre woodland to those going through crises in their lives, or suffering from depression, addiction and loneliness. They will encounter extraordinary people: from 'Roadkill Kev' to 'Mary Poppins'; build a chapel, raise pigs and encounter both violent antagonism and astounding generosity. At the same time, they will open themselves, their children and their ideals up to the most demanding of judgements and transformations. ... Read more
Why is it that the more advanced our society becomes, the unhappier we are? Seeking an answer from the only honest perspective, Tobias Jones and his wife opened up their family home and ten acre woodland to those going through crises in their lives, or suffering from depression, addiction and loneliness. They will encounter extraordinary people: from 'Roadkill Kev' to 'Mary Poppins'; build a chapel, raise pigs and encounter both violent antagonism and astounding generosity. At the same time, they will open themselves, their children and their ideals up to the most demanding of judgements and transformations. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848662513
SKU
V9781848662513
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Tobias Jones
Tobias Jones is the author of four non-fiction books, Blood on the Altar, The Dark Heart of Italy, Basilitica andUtopian Dreams; and the Castagnetti crime trilogy, The Salati Case, White Death and Death of a Showgirl. He has worked as a journalist in Britain for the London Review of Books, the Independent on Sunday and the Observer; and in Italy, ... Read more
Reviews for A Place of Refuge: An Experiment in Communal Living The Story of Windsor Hill Wood
A wonderful book describing the bosky - sometimes bolshie - community he and his wife set up for allcomers: recovering alcoholics, addicts and anoxerics. It is written with the keenest eye for nature - human and leafy - and a wisdom learned the hard way (perhaps there is no other way)
Kate Kellaway
Observer
It is Jones's ... Read more
Kate Kellaway
Observer
It is Jones's ... Read more