From early childhood, when her inspirational mother would take her on trips along her beloved Ridgeway in a horse-drawn cart, Candida Lycett Green has retained a love of travelling at a horse's pace and casting an eye on the beauty of England through the back door. Framed by a recent 150-mile journey through Yorkshire and Northumberland, OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY also dips back into the journeys by horse Candida has taken at the turning points in her life. From her idyllic childhood in the bohemian Betjeman household, through a charmed youth in the Swinging Sixties, Candida tells a story made all the more poignant by her parents' deaths and her own recent fight with breast cancer.
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'A subtle, humorous, life-affirming book' -- Michael Holroyd
‘A lyrical blend of family reminiscence and a celebration of some of Britain’s loveliest countryside’ -- Daily Express
‘A small treasure. It is sharp, finely written, sometimes very funny, and would move a black-hearted croupier to tears’ -- Country Life
‘Eloquent, observant, bracingly idiosyncratic and filled, like a really good journey, with worthwhile detours’ -- Evening Standard
‘A lyrical blend of family reminiscence and a celebration of some of Britain’s loveliest countryside’ -- Daily Express
‘A small treasure. It is sharp, finely written, sometimes very funny, and would move a black-hearted croupier to tears’ -- Country Life
‘Eloquent, observant, bracingly idiosyncratic and filled, like a really good journey, with worthwhile detours’ -- Evening Standard
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Betjeman's daughter's story of her journeys round England on horseback which, in the shadow of her breast cancer, is also a memoir of her family and her life.
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By C. Coleman
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I have never read anything by candida lycett green before but have always had great respect for her familys obvious talents! what a joy this book is,it lifts your heart.stunning descriptions of both people and scenery and her own battle with cancer. wonderful and brave !
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