{"product_id":"9781399760089","title":"Down Burrow Lane : The heartwarming true story of love, loss and a Devon farm that changed thousands of lives","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Michael Morpurgo\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 September 2026 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Hodder Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 288 pages, 15 integrated b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e145 x 225 x 27 | 394g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A warm, rich, generous book. A pleasure from first page to last.' KATHERINE RUNDELL'A moving, vulnerable portrait of love, nature and a life well-lived' RORY STEWART'Touching and extraordinary, this true story seems like a fairy tale' JOANNA LUMLEYThe long-awaited memoir of life and love on a Devon farm - Michael Morpurgo's most personal and moving book to dateFifty years ago, Michael and Clare Morpurgo packed their young family into a car in London and set off for a remote farm in rural Devon, down a narrow track called Burrow Lane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It was on this magical farm that Michael, then a young schoolteacher, became a writer. Over the years, it would inspire many of his best-loved books, including War Horse and Private Peaceful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Here, Michael and Clare raised their family - and, in many ways, grew up themselves. They also welcomed more than 100,000 children from towns and cities to experience life in the countryside through their charity, Farms for City Children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is the remarkable love story of Michael and Clare, and an account of the joys and hardships of life on the farm across five decades: a journey through the seasons and years that shaped the land around them, and the lives of the children forever changed by their time there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49608096055555,"sku":"9781399760089","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781399760089.jpg?v=1789135799","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781399760089","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}