The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life by Helen Whybrow

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Winner of the Vermont Book Awards A New Yorker Best Book of the Year Featured on NPR's Fresh Air and PBS NewsHour A Globe and Mail "Best Book of the Year" "Revelatory. . . magical. . . Whybrow beautifully explores interconnectedness and disruption in nature."—Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post Set in Vermont's Green Mountains, a profoundly moving meditation on the lessons and wisdom that come from raising a family, tending sheep, and living close to the land. In the heart of Vermont’s Green Mountains, Helen Whybrow and her partner set out to restore an old two-hundred-acre farm. Knowing that “belonging requires, more than anything, participation,” they begin to intertwine their lives with the land. But soon after releasing a flock of Icelandic sheep onto the worn-out fields, Whybrow realizes that the art of shepherding extends far beyond the flock and fences of Knoll Farm. Read more