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An intimate, personal exploration of the emotional and restorative power of the Lake District landscape and its poets.
An illuminating blend of Esther's own personal history with the history of the Wordsworth Trust as a home and museum, capturing a lost era in the lively descriptions of the life-changing year Esther spent in Grasmere in 2009
Heartfelt, playful, deadly serious - this is a compelling story of what it means to find yourself through landscape and literary legacy... A book full of hope
All Before Me is a joy. Weaving her own personal story with those of the Wordsworths and their friends, it's a book about falling in love with life and with a very particular, wild landscape. I loved it
Esther Rutter studied English at Oxford University's Magdalen College, where she held an academic scholarship. She has worked at the Wordsworth Trust and at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, and is a Research Fellow specialising in landscapes and cultural identity at the University of St Andrews. Her first book, This Golden Fleece, was published by Granta in 2019. She lives in Fife.