{"product_id":"tasting-sunlight-9781914585142","title":"Tasting Sunlight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary bond develops between an angry teenage runaway and a middle-aged woman running a large farm on her own, as they work the land and slowly heal ... the sublime, achingly beautiful debut that everyone is talking about... \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A stupendous debut. A triumph. Don't miss it' \u003cb\u003eLouisa Treger\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003ci\u003eTasting Sunlight\u003c\/i\u003e reminded me of reading Sally Rooney's \u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e. It takes a writer of immeasurable talent to make you feel that intensely, merely by evoking ripening late summer fruit and the sound of rain on dusty ground' \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Haynes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A sensory joy; a novel of quiet, understated beauty ... 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She has little contact with the outside world, and no need for other people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom their first meeting, Sally realises that Liss isn't like other adults; she expects nothing of Sally and simply accepts who she is, offering her a bed for the night with no questions asked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat night becomes weeks and then months, as an unlikely friendship develops and these two damaged women slowly open up - connecting to each other, reconnecting with themselves, and facing the darkness in their pasts through their shared work on the land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAchingly beautiful, profound, invigorating and uplifting, \u003ci\u003eTasting Sunlight\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of friendship across generations, of love and acceptance, of the power of nature to heal and transform, and the goodness that surrounds us, if only we take time to see it... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e__________________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Written with beautiful simplicity, this sensitive and profound story examines how we heal and help each other, delivered with deep insight and huge heart' \u003cb\u003eDoug Johnstone\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A truly special book. Powerful, lyrical and profoundly affecting, Ewald Arenz spins a tale of friendship, restoration and possibility, with utmost heart and care. I loved it!' \u003cb\u003eMiranda Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An exquisitely written, heart-warming story ... the smells, tastes, sounds and rhythms of nature are described with sensuous clarity, so you feel as if you are there, picking potatoes from the earth, tending the bees, and tasting the pears. Just beautiful!'\u003cb\u003e Gill Paul\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Told with honesty and a clear-sighted understanding of human nature ... I loved it' \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Malone\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The simple minutiae of everyday life becomes intricate and essential: rituals that connect one woman to the land and her heritage, and show a lost, younger one a different truth. 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