{"product_id":"9781783966998","title":"Thunderstone: A True Story of Losing One Home and Discovering Another","description":"Author: Nancy Campbell \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781783966998 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Elliott \u0026amp; Thompson \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 7.795in x 5.079in \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescripition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘There is just one object I want to carry inside the van… It was believed lightning would not strike a house that held a thunderstone. I place this fossil on the windowsill, its surface gleaming like cat’s eyes ahead of me on a dark road.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eIn the wake of a traumatic lockdown, Nancy Campbell buys an old caravan and drives it into a strip of neglected woodland between a canal and railway. There is no plumbed water; no electricity point; walls as thin as a Kinder egg. But it is the first home she has ever owned.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n As summer begins, Nancy embraces the challenge of how to live well in a place in which possessions and emotions often threaten to tumble, clearing industrial junk from the soil, forging unconventional friendships off-grid and helping the wild beauty surrounding her to flourish.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n But when illness and uncertainty loom once more, she has to find a way to hold on to beauty and wonder, to anchor herself in this van, this safe space, this new home.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eAn intimate journal across the space of a defining summer, Thunderstone is celebration of the people and places that hold us when the storms gather; a soul-shaking journey that reminds us what it is to be alive.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45475748806814,"sku":"HPC-9781783966998","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781783966998.jpg?v=1747884718","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781783966998","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}