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By the way… I only treat books this badly when I adore them! I go back to each dog-eared page to re-read, copy out quotes and write notes on favourite sections.

like many species of birds, shrunk towards extinction as habitats (hand-laid hedges, affordable tied housing & jobs) grow scarce and villages are gentrified by wealthy weekenders. Chester is an unparalleled writer of rural things, a conjuror of ghosts.
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The past is never glorified but echoes a warning through time to our present-day, living rural communities with complex challenges and uncertain prospects. The ghosts in this book are the people we used to be, the shadows of a way of life for rural working class people that has…

hope for a future that can contain nature, farming and rural communities. Chester has the ear and eye of a novelist for dialogue and imagery - much of this reads like a novel and I found myself slowing down towards the end, wanting to be haunted for longer…

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I was blown away by your talent, kindness, creativity and sense of justice! The future is safe in your kind hands. 🤩Plus… that falafel beetroot wrap was probably the best school lunch ever!😍😍😍😍