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020			_a9781399408363
037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_a155.937 _bGOL/GO
100			_aGoldsmith, Ben
245			_aGOD IS OCTOPUS _b: Loss, Love and a Calling to Nature
250			_a1
260			_aIreland _bBloomsbury _c2023
300			_g246
500			_a 'Intensely readable, poetic, truthful, wise and wonderful.' STEPHEN FRY 'An extraordinary book.'SUNDAY TIMES Struggling to comprehend the shocking death of his teenage daughter, Ben Goldsmith finds solace in nature by immersing himself in plans to rewild his farm. In July 2019, Ben Goldsmith lost his fifteen-year-old daughter, Iris, in an accident on their family farm in Somerset. Iris's death left her family reeling. Grasping for answers, Ben threw himself into searching for some ongoing trace of his beloved child, exploring ideas that until then had seemed too abstract to mean much to him. Missing his daughter terribly and struggling to imagine how he would face the rest of his life in the shadow of this loss, Ben found solace in nature, the object of a lifelong fascination. As Ben set about rewilding his farm, nature became a vital source of meaning and hope. This book is the story of a year of soul-searching that followed a terrible loss. In an instant, Ben's world had turned dark. Yet, unbelievably to him, the seasons kept on turning, and as he immersed himself in the dramatic restoration of nature in the place where it happened, he found healing. In God is an Octopus, Ben tells a powerful, immersive and inspiring story of finding comfort and strength in nature after suffering loss and despair.
650			_aPhilosophy and Psychology
650			_aPsychology
650			_aDevelopmental And Differential Psychology
650			_aEnvironmental psychology
650			_aInfluences of Traumatic Experiences and Bereavement
650			_aDeath and Dying
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