{"product_id":"the-salt-stones-seasons-of-a-shepherds-life-hardcover","title":"The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Whybrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Books of Summer 2025\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Helen Whybrow is a to-the-bone writer, and this is a to-the-bone book--beautiful, real, full of life.\"--Bill McKibben, author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in Vermont's Green Mountains, a profoundly moving meditation on the lessons and wisdom that come from raising a family, tending sheep, and living close to the land.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the heart of Vermont's Green Mountains, Helen Whybrow and her partner set out to restore an old two-hundred-acre farm. Knowing that \"belonging more than anything requires participation,\" they begin to intertwine their lives with the land. But soon after releasing a flock of Icelandic sheep onto the worn-out fields, Whybrow realizes that the art of shepherding extends far beyond the flock and fences of Knoll Farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn prose both vivid and lean, \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Stones\u003c\/i\u003e offers an intimate and profoundly moving story of what it means to care for a flock and truly inhabit a piece of land. The shepherd's life unfolds for Whybrow in the seasons and cycles of farming and family--birthing lambs, fending off coyotes, rescuing lost sheep in a storm, and raising children while witnessing her mother's decline. Exploring the interdependence of animals, as well as of the earth and ourselves, Whybrow reflects on the ways sheep connect her to place and to the ancient practice of shepherding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvocative, affectionate, and illuminating, \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Stones\u003c\/i\u003e sings of a way of life that is at once ancient and entirely contemporary, inspiring us all to seek greater intimacy and a sense of belonging wherever our home place may be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Whybrow\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eA Man Apart: Bill Coperthwaite's Radical Experiment in Living\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDead Reckoning: Great Adventure Writing from 1800-1900\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also the editor of many anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eHearth: A Global Conversation on Community, Identity, and Place\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eComing to Land in a Troubled World\u003c\/em\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eCagibi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Hunger Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e EatingWell\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOrion\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a visiting professor at Middlebury College and has taught at the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference. She lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont, where she shepherds a two-hundred-acre organic farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWren Fortunoff\u003c\/b\u003e grew up farming and loves very long trail runs in the mountains. She has illustrated on paper bags, T-shirts, dead trees, feet, and walls. This is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987379454253,"sku":"9781571311627","price":25.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Qaw9G88g2q9781571311627.webp?v=1776178367","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-salt-stones-seasons-of-a-shepherds-life-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}