The Eternal Season : Ghosts of Summers Past, Present and Future by Stephen Rutt

A soaring celebration of summer and a poignant journey into the changing nature of the British season - from the award-winning author of?Wintering?and?The Seafarers. Summer is traditionally a time of plenty, of warmth; a time to celebrate abundance. And so Stephen Rutt sets out to explore the natural world during its moment of fullest bloom. Butterflies and dragonflies add colour to his days; moths and bats lift the warm nights; swallows, nightjars and wood warblers fill the forests and skies. What Stephen notices too, however, are the many ways in which the season is becoming deranged by a changed and changing climate: the wrong birds singing at the wrong time; August days as cold as February; the creeping disturbances that we may not notice while nature still has some voice. The Eternal Season?is both a celebration of summer and a warning of the unravelling of this beautiful web of abundant life.?This is a book that sings with love and careful observation, with an eye on all that we might lose but also save. ***'An urgent and beautiful walk through the changing character of the British summer.'?Rebecca Schiller, author of?Earthed'Elegant, vivid, thoroughly absorbing,?The Eternal Season?strikes the perfect balance between celebrating the natural world and sounding a realistic warning about the damage we continue to wreak on it. All in all, a treat.'?Lev Parikian, author of?Into the Tangled Bank
Binding: Hardback