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Lisa Samson - Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal - 9780007544615 - KEX0295428
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Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal

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Description for Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 272. 8vo.

Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree’s survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could become without the ash’s familiar branches protruding from limestone scars and chalky cliff faces.

The trees’ grave prognosis takes on a personal resonance when, in the course of writing this book, Lisa is diagnosed with a brain tumour. While she receives treatment, and learns to walk and talk again, Lisa ... Read more

Taking us from the lowlands of Norfolk to northernmost reaches of the British Isles, Lisa's book is a celebration of the deep cultural and historical significance of the ash. As Lisa contemplates her own mortality, and the trees’ likely fate emerges, Epitaph for the Ash offers up a rallying cry to treasure these remarkable woodlands while we still can, before it is too late.

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007544615
SKU
KEX0295428
Shipping Time
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About Lisa Samson
An English language and literature specialist with many years’ experience of teaching English and Italian, Lisa Samson is a Senior Lecturer in Writing at Leeds Beckett University. Lisa's first novel, Talk To Me, came second in the Virginia Prize for Fiction 2011. She has been published in short form both in print and online.

Reviews for Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal
‘Fascinating … Her pilgrimage to discover the present state of the ash in the UK, and the work that is being done to accommodate or counter ash dieback, is both a labour of love and an extraordinary achievement, especially given the heart-rending physical limitations Samson eventually endures as a result of life-saving surgery’ OBSERVER ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal


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