{"product_id":"down-burrow-lane-the-heartwarming-true-story-of-love-loss-and-a-devon-farm-that-changed-thousands-of-lives-by-michael-morpurgo-9781399760089","title":"Down Burrow Lane : The heartwarming true story of love, loss and a Devon farm that changed thousands of lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A warm, rich, generous book. A pleasure from first page to last.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"katherine rundell\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A moving, vulnerable portrait of love, nature and a life well-lived\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"rory stewart\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Touching and extraordinary, this true story seems like a fairy tale\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"joanna lumley\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited memoir of life and love on a Devon farm - Michael Morpurgo's most personal and moving book to date\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFifty years ago, Michael and Clare Morpurgo packed their young family into a car in London and set off for a remote farm in rural Devon, down a narrow track called Burrow Lane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was on this magical farm that Michael, then a young schoolteacher, became a writer. Over the years, it would inspire many of his best-loved books, including War Horse and Private Peaceful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, Michael and Clare raised their family - and, in many ways, grew up themselves. They also welcomed more than 100,000 children from towns and cities to experience life in the countryside through their charity, Farms for City Children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the remarkable love story of Michael and Clare, and an account of the joys and hardships of life on the farm across five decades: a journey through the seasons and years that shaped the land around them, and the lives of the children forever changed by their time there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Morpurgo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535228477813,"sku":"9781399760089","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781399760089.jpg?v=1788082220","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/down-burrow-lane-the-heartwarming-true-story-of-love-loss-and-a-devon-farm-that-changed-thousands-of-lives-by-michael-morpurgo-9781399760089","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}