Stone Will Answer Av Beatrice Searle

<p><b>A beautiful memoir, travelogue and meditation on stone by artist and stone mason Beatrice Searle.</b><br><br>''Extraordinary'' <b><i>Guardian</i></b><br>‘A magnificent book’ <b>Alex Woodcock</b><br>‘Exceptional’ <b>Kerri Andrews</b><br>‘Luminous’<b> <i>Spectator</i></b><br><br>At the age of twenty-six, artist and Cathedral stonemason Beatrice Searle crossed the North Sea and walked 500 miles along a medieval pilgrim path through Southern Norway, taking with her a 40-kilogram Orcadian stone.<br><br>Fascinated with the mysterious footprint stones of Northern Europe and the ancient Greco-Roman world, stones closely associated with travellers, saints and the inauguration of Kings, she follows in their footsteps as her stone becomes a talisman, a bedrock and an offering to those she meets along the way.<br><br><i>Stone Will Answer </i>is an unusual adventure story of journeys practical, spiritual and geological, of weight and motion, and an insight into a beguiling craft.</p>