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  • Published: 18 April 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141979366
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $30.00

The Shepherd's Life

A Tale of the Lake District




The phenomenal No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, now in paperback

Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, he and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations.

In evocative and lucid prose, James Rebanks takes us through a shepherd's year, offering a unique account of rural life and a fundamental connection with the land that most of us have lost.

  • Published: 18 April 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141979366
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $30.00

About the author

James Rebanks

James Rebanks is the Herdwick Shepherd, whose account of shepherding has a strong following on Twitter. His family have farmed in the same area for six hundred years.

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