{"product_id":"pastures-new-by-clare-balding","title":"Pastures New by Clare Balding","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is due to be published on the 11th September 2025. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe delightfully down-to-earth debut novel from Clare Balding. ‘Funny, sensitive, and insightful – the perfect book to turn to at the end of a long day’ Bonnie Garmus Alex has perfected the art of dodging responsibility during her almost 40 years – until an unexpected letter turns her life upside down. She’s inherited a crumbling sheep farm in wildest, wettest Wales.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis was not her life plan. Not at all. Now, her closest companion is a stubborn Welsh terrier, she’s speed-reading The Idiot’s Guide to Farming, and her arrival has set the village gossip mill spinning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the farm near collapse, Alex sets out to uncover the truth behind her mysterious inheritance. But as secrets surface, Alex finds her heart pulling her in a direction she never saw coming. Will she pack her bags – or has she landed exactly where she’s meant to be? Brimming 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcclaim for Clare Balding's books: 'The reading equivalent of snuggling by the fire with a labrador' The Guardian ‘Funny and moving, James Herriot meets David Sedaris’ The Times ‘Forthright, thoughtful, funny … reads like a Jilly Cooper novel’ Sunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Week Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62375087669618,"sku":"mfw1789781228457","price":18.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/4015\/2434\/files\/pastures-new-by-clare-balding_1.jpg?v=1789781259","url":"https:\/\/ballgownwear.shop\/products\/pastures-new-by-clare-balding","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}