{"product_id":"9780008607012","title":"Pastures New","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003ePre-order a signed copy of Pastures New for Clare to sign at our event with her on 25 September. You can also book a ticket for the event \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.com\/griffinbooks\/an-evening-with-clare-balding\/2026-09-25\/19:00\/t-xdakovm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Clare Balding - Pastures New - Event \" style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehere.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor(s): Balding, Clare \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 11\/09\/2025,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 400 pages,\u003cbr\u003eISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008607012,\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe delightfully down-to-earth debut novel from Clare Balding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSometimes home is where you least expect it…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlex has perfected the art of dodging responsibility during her almost 40 years — until an unexpected letter turns her life upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe’s inherited a crumbling sheep farm in deepest, wettest Wales. This was not her life plan. Not at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, her closest companion is a grumpy Welsh terrier, she’s speed-reading An Idiot’s Guide to Farming, and her arrival has set the village gossip mill spinning. With the farm near collapse and its community now relying on her, Alex sets out to uncover the truth behind her mysterious inheritance. Then she can finally get back to the carefree life she thought she wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut as secrets surface, Alex finds her heart pulling her in a direction she never saw coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill she pack her bags – or has she landed exactly where she’s meant to be?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrimming with the warmth and wit that has made Clare Balding one of our best-loved TV personalities, Pastures New is a joyful celebration of new beginnings, community, and the delightful surprises of rural life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaim for Clare Balding's books:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The reading equivalent of snuggling by the fire with a labrador'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Funny and moving, James Herriot meets David Sedaris’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Forthright, thoughtful, funny … reads like a Jilly Cooper novel’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55559532216693,"sku":"9780008607012","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008607012.jpg?v=1751109476","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.live\/products\/9780008607012","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}