Running for the Hills: Growing Up on My Mother's Sheep Farm in Wales - Hardcover

-- "The Daily Mail" (London)

"İA¨ beautifully written memoir. . . . Despite its portrayal of hardship, Running for the Hills is lifted by its sense of joy and spiritual freedom."

-- "The Economist"

"[An] enchanting book. . . . [Clare's] lyrical description is so beautifully written that you almost hold your breath." -- "The Daily Mail" (London)

"[A] beautifully written memoir. . . . Despite its portrayal of hardship, Running for the Hills is lifted by its sense of joy and spiritual freedom." -- "The Economist"

"Touching, funny and extremely well-written. . . . There are passages here that remind one of Wordsworth's recollections of his Lake District boyhood in "The Prelude,"" -- "The Daily Telegraph" (London)

"The joy of "Running for the Hills" lies in its seemingly effortless richness and precision. . . . It is the prose equivalent of a collection of poems by Wordsworth. [A] heartening, raw, tender, radiant first book." -- "The Times" (London)

"A beautifully written book that immerses you in the harshness and the splendor of living off the land on a Welsh sheep farm. Clare's prose allows you to experience the cycle of life and death."-- Temple Grandin, author of "Animals in Translation"

""Running for the Hills" is a beautifully crafted story of a young boy's adventures growing up on a remote Welsh sheep farm and his mother's love affair with that life. Horatio Clare vividly and lyrically evokes a world that is hard yet tender, bleak yet bountiful."-- Jeannette Walls, author of "The Glass Castle"

"With a clear eye and a strong, graceful pen, Clare describes the almost romantic wonder of being a child in a wild, often inhospitable landscape. A tender, eloquent, honest book about a remarkable family and the process of understanding your parents as well as loving them." -- Sarah Dunant, author of "The Birth of Venus"