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Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, this indie bestseller now in paperback speaks to mental health, the healing power of nature, and how we need to heal it in return - with a blueprint for restoring Britain's rainforests. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING Scholarly, wise, funny, charming, terrifying and thrilling... I adored it all, every page. - JOANNA LUMLEY An extraordinarily courageous, urgent and powerful book. - ISABELLA TREE Deeply compelling... emotional, informative, pleasurable. I believe that this is an important work with planet-sized dreams and ambitions. Perhaps the greatest philosophy or teachable lesson that came to me off the page is that dominion comes with responsibility. - RUSSELL CROWE A beautifully written, people-focused tale with many stories of the healing of troubled human souls brought about by the rainforest's health-giving powers. I absolutely loved it. - CHARLES CLOVER Aching and hopeful in equal measure- from the horrors and trauma of war, to the quiet intimate grieving of a hidden family loss, there are perhaps no greater tests of the healing power of Britain's lost rainforest habitats. - GILLIAN BURKE A terrific debut. - JUSTIN MAROZZI Suffering after several military tours in Afghanistan and the pain of deeply personal losses, Merlin Hanbury-Tenison and his wife Lizzie decide to leave the bustle of London and return to Merlin's childhood home, a Cornish hill farm in the heart of Bodmin Moor. As they fall more in love with the rainforest that Merlin had played in as a child, so begins a fight to save not only themselves and their farm, but also one of the world's most endangered habitats. Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, Our Oaken Bones is beautifully written and emotionally rich story of renewal, the astonishing healing power of nature, and our duty to heal it in return.

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An enormously moving and inspiring story about war, trauma, nature and rebirth, written with infectious passion and unsparing honesty. I loved it.—Dominic Sandbrook It is an ecological autobiography... scholarly, wise, funny, charming, terrifying and thrilling, and I adored it all, every page.—Joanna Lumley An extraordinarily courageous, urgent and powerful book.—Isabella Tree deeply compelling... emotional, informative, pleasurable. I believe that this is an important work with planet-sized dreams and ambitions. Perhaps the greatest philosophy or teachable lesson that came to me off the page is that dominion comes with responsibility.—Russell Crowe a beautifully written, people-focused tale with many stories of the healing of troubled human souls brought about by the rainforest’s health-giving powers. I absolutely loved it.—Charles Clover Our Oaken Bones is aching and hopeful in equal measure: from the horrors and trauma of war, to the quiet intimate grieving of a hidden family loss, there are perhaps no greater tests of the healing power of Britain’s lost rainforest habitats.—Gillian Burke A remarkable story of healing and growth, Our Oaken Bones is a moving and uplifting discourse on the power of nature to revive body and soul. A terrific debut.—Justin Marozzi Powerfully enchanting, written with verve and imbued with hope.—Guy Shrubsole This is a lovely book – wise, brave, thoughtful, painfully intimate – but with a remarkable spiritual and environmental vision.—Rory Stewart ""Both a comfort and an inspiration""—Chloe Dalton, author of ""Raising Hare""

An enormously moving and inspiring story about war, trauma, nature and rebirth, written with infectious passion and unsparing honesty. I loved it.—Dominic Sandbrook It is an ecological autobiography... scholarly, wise, funny, charming, terrifying and thrilling, and I adored it all, every page.—Joanna Lumley An extraordinarily courageous, urgent and powerful book.—Isabella Tree deeply compelling... emotional, informative, pleasurable. I believe that this is an important work with planet-sized dreams and ambitions. Perhaps the greatest philosophy or teachable lesson that came to me off the page is that dominion comes with responsibility.—Russell Crowe a beautifully written, people-focused tale with many stories of the healing of troubled human souls brought about by the rainforest’s health-giving powers. I absolutely loved it.—Charles Clover Our Oaken Bones is aching and hopeful in equal measure: from the horrors and trauma of war, to the quiet intimate grieving of a hidden family loss, there are perhaps no greater tests of the healing power of Britain’s lost rainforest habitats.—Gillian Burke A remarkable story of healing and growth, Our Oaken Bones is a moving and uplifting discourse on the power of nature to revive body and soul. A terrific debut.—Justin Marozzi Powerfully enchanting, written with verve and imbued with hope.—Guy Shrubsole This is a lovely book – wise, brave, thoughtful, painfully intimate – but with a remarkable spiritual and environmental vision.—Rory Stewart

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Merlin Hanbury-Tenison is a Cornish conservationist and veteran who founded The Thousand Year Trust, Britain's rainforest charity. The charity's mission is to catalyse the movement to triple Britain's rainforest cover to one million acres in the next thirty years. His work has been featured in National Geographic, the Guardian and on the BBC. Merlin lives in a rainforest in Cornwall with his wife Lizzie, an entrepreneur and business advisor, and their two young daughters.

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