{"product_id":"9781783966462","title":"The Eternal Season : A Journey Through Our Changing British Summer by Stephen Rutt","description":"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\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205009834162,"sku":"9781783966462","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781783966462.jpg?v=1705363656","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781783966462","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}