The Smell of Summer Grass. Pursuing Happiness - Perch Hill, 1994-2011

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Harper Press
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition

Description: 306 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Smell of Summer Grass is based partly on the long out of print Perch Hill. It is the story of the years spent in finding and building a personal Arcadia, sometimes a dream, sometimes a nightmare, by writer Adam Nicolson and his wife, cook and gardener, Sarah Raven. Adam Nicolson was determined to leave metropolitan life but the rundown farm in the Sussex Weald was not quite what he bargained for. The scenery was breathtaking and the rural neighbours charming but the hard end of real farming life was another matter - mud, cold, planning regulations and unco-operative livestock. But for the reader the whole enterprise is full of delight thanks to Adam Nicolsons frank, witty and touching, it is a testament to the importance of holding on to your dreams and turning them into reality.

ISBN: 9780007335572