{"product_id":"softer-crofter","title":"Softer Crofter","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Fiona was a Glasgow girl through and through, but when she was gifted an old leather-bound family ledger, she discovered a Highland family history that would change her life.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; The ledger records the story of the family's 19th-century Highland cattle fold. Little did Fiona know that she would soon be moving with her husband and two beloved dogs to a remote Argyllshire croft where she would start her own herd (or fold, as it is known for Highland cows). On a wave-washed island, in the shadow of the Highland Clearances, Fiona moved in with 48 magnificent cows who would become her family.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;This book is an ode to farming and the softer life that can be lived in the Hebrides. It depicts the life-affirming joy of bathing every morning in the icy Atlantic before taking the cows for a paddle. It tells calamitous tales of amorous bulls, escaping heifers, upturned quad bikes, falling off piers and accidentally injecting herself with cow meds. It tells the stories of births - so many beautiful births - followed by the drama of catching each slippery calf, holding it and tagging it, all under the baffled shaggy-fringed gaze of its 500-kilo, massively-horned mum.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Softer Crofter\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is a heart-warming celebration of second chances, stubborn cows and the quiet magic of finding home in the most unexpected of places.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507773579637,"sku":"9781785309052","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781785309052.jpg?v=1787042913","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/softer-crofter","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}