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God Is an Octopus
- Loss, Love and a Calling to Nature
- Narrated by: Simon Bubb
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Bloomsbury presents God Is An Octopus by Ben Goldsmith, read by Simon Bubb.
'Intensely readable, poetic, truthful, wise and wonderful.' STEPHEN FRY
'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.
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- melanie ward
- 16-08-2023
Beautiful
Absolutely loved this stunning story. Thank you Ben for sharing ❤️ I adored it so much
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- E. Jewell Cassells
- 31-03-2024
The immense sincerity.
Written with such sincerity and love. There was so much interesting and moving in this book. I will keep it around for reference and I hope it has some influence over the world’s direction with nature.
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