Down Burrow Lane

<P><I><B>'A moving, vulnerable, honest, compassionate portrait of love, nature, writing and a life well-lived'</B></I><B> Rory Stewart</B><br><br><B>A lyrical memoir of life and love on a Devon farm - Michael Morpurgo's most personal and moving book to date</B><br><br>Fifty 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.<br><br>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 <I>War Horse</I> and <I>Private Peaceful</I>.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.</P>