From the No.1 bestselling author of The Shepherd's Life, a 'strange and enchanting' story of friendship and redemption on a remote Norwegian islandWe are all in need of lights to follow. One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down.
Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and women rich, but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on. Back at home, Rebanks couldn’t...
From the No.1 bestselling author of The Shepherd's Life, a 'strange and enchanting' story of friendship and redemption on a remote No...