{"product_id":"late-light","title":"Late Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Michael Malay\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/category\/popular-science-nature\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"book-info-tabs ws-tabs span12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabs-content-container clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-content content-text tab-content-synopsis active\" data-tab=\"synopsis\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"two-columns\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2024 Wainwright Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2023 Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a book about falling in love with vanishing things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the story of Michael Malay's own journey, an Indonesian Australian making a home for himself in England and finding strange parallels between his life and the lives of the animals he examines. Mixing natural history with memoir, this book explores the mystery of our animal neighbours, in all their richness and variety. It is about the wonder these animals inspired in our ancestors, the hope they inspire in us, and the joy they might still hold for our children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLate Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis about migration, belonging and extinction. Through the close examination of four particular 'unloved' animals - eels, moths, crickets and mussels - Michael Malay tells the story of the economic, political and cultural events that have shaped the modern landscape of Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Robert Macfarlane, Raynor Winn and Helen Macdonald,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLate Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a rich blend of memoir, natural history, nature writing, and a meditation on being and belonging, from a vibrant new voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50784087703886,"sku":"","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/0680\/6606\/files\/9781786581419.jpg?v=1735485162","url":"https:\/\/eastbristolbooks.pro\/products\/late-light","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}