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    Book Reviews

    Mar 02, 2017 4 minutes
    by Mark Laurie.

    The Shepherd’s Life: A Tale of the Lakes District

    by James Rebanks

    Published by Penguin Books

    ISBN 9780141979366

    $19.99

    This is a story told in seasons, generations and centuries rather than years. It speaks of tradition and timelessness, describing lives and England’s famously beautiful Lakes District in terms of patterns rather than events. Despite such breadth of perspective, it is immediate and enthralling. For a man taught early that there was idleness and little of use in books, James Rebanks has produced one filled with acute observation and spare, unsentimental prose, which flows beautifully. It is effortless to read. In describing the life of a modern-day shepherd, the author writes of family, animals, community and nature

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