God Is An Octopus
- Author Ben Goldsmith
- Narrator Simon Bubb
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
- Run Time 8 hours and 32 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Autobiography: general, Biography and non-fiction prose, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Coping with death and bereavement, Family and health, Memoirs, Natural and wild gardening, The environment, Wildlife: general interest.
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What to expect
'An extraordinary book.' SUNDAY TIMES
Struggling to comprehend the shocking death of his teenage daughter, Ben Goldsmith finds solace in nature by immersing himself in plans to rewild his farm.
In July 2019, Ben Goldsmith lost his fifteen-year-old daughter, Iris, in an accident on their family farm in Somerset. Iris’s death left her family reeling.
Grasping for answers, Ben threw himself into searching for some ongoing trace of his beloved child, exploring ideas that until then had seemed too abstract to mean much to him. Missing his daughter terribly and struggling to imagine how he would face the rest of his life in the shadow of this loss, Ben found solace in nature, the object of a lifelong fascination. As Ben set about rewilding his farm, nature became a vital source of meaning and hope.
This book is the story of a year of soul-searching that followed a terrible loss. In an instant, Ben’s world had turned dark. Yet, unbelievably to him, the seasons kept on turning, and as he immersed himself in the dramatic restoration of nature in the place where it happened, he found healing.
In God is an Octopus, Ben tells a powerful, immersive and inspiring story of finding comfort and strength in nature after suffering loss and despair.
Critics Review
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From the deepest sorrow, the highest hope. Intensely readable, poetic, truthful, wise and wonderful, this will live with me for a very long time.
Stephen Fry -
An event of unimaginable trauma is transformed into a message of beauty and optimism through Ben’s passion for nature, which acts as his nurse, teacher and redeemer.
Joanna Lumley -
Stunningly beautiful, immensely sad, immensely uplifting, this is a book of grief and joy and wonder and renewal.
George Monbiot -
An extraordinarily powerful and moving journey through the darkest of griefs to the enduring love, hope and renewal of the natural world. A book of universal wisdom.
Benedict Cumberbatch -
A brilliant new book… heartbreaking.
David Walliams -
Beautiful and deeply moving, this will resonate with and inspire so many people.
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