{"product_id":"these-envoys-of-beauty","title":"These Envoys of Beauty","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNature has not been my cure. It has been my inspiration, teacher and companion. I am not better, but I have never been alone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Envoys of Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e is a carefully crafted compendium of essays in which Dr Anna Vaught explores her relationship with the natural world, how it feeds her imagination and has given her hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify;\"\u003eGrowing up in a rural setting, and at times in extremis, nature was a centring power on Anna’s early years – wishing trees, talking streams – and she explores how an enduring love of foraging, a sensual consideration of how things smell, licking the rain from leaves, drinking, growing and cooking, has shaped her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify;\"\u003eOver the course of twelve essays, as herbs spill out and roots dig in, Anna’s relationship with the natural world becomes a lens for exploring themes of loneliness, depression and trauma, and she discusses how these great systems of healing and sustenance continue to exert their power decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487939109237,"sku":"9781804472316","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804472316.jpg?v=1786355161","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/these-envoys-of-beauty","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}