Under the Hornbeams

Emma Tarlo

Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 02/01/2025 ISBN: 9780571379811 Category:
Paperback / Softback

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‘Reading it feels like slowing down to take a breath’ – EVENING STANDARD

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‘To sit here with my new companions, observing the sun climbing in the morning sky until the point where it illuminates us on the dewy grass, feels like an extraordinary privilege – a taste of enchantment before the beginning of the working day.’

Emma Tarlo first meets Nick and Pascal when out walking in Regent’s Park, where they are living without shelter under the trees. Gradually, through the sharing of food and life stories, Emma develops a friendship with the pair. Their conversations under the open sky prompt Emma to question many things in her own life, transforming her understanding of what freedom might look like. Under the Hornbeams is a life-affirming story about the power of human connection which upturns our preconceptions about home, work and community.

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What readers are saying:

‘Like entering another world where quiet reflection, humour and openness are possible.’
‘If you’re feeling rather exhausted by work or by life, [it’s] a real escape’
‘Reading it is like being given time out to have a rethink.’
‘It cannot fail to change anyone profoundly’
‘Leaves you feeling at peace with our world’

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