{"product_id":"the-green-hill","title":"The Green Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLetters to a Son\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Remarkable. This book will be a great comfort to those who need it’ Sarah Perry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2017, Sophie Pierce’s world changed forever when her twenty-year-old son Felix died suddenly and unexpectedly. Thrown into this new reality, she had to find a way to keep on living. By writing a series of letters to Felix – composed during walks and swims taken close to his burial place by the R\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eiver Dart – Sophie gradually learned how to dwell in the landscape of sudden loss, navigating the weather and tides of grief.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Green Hill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecollects these letters alongside Sophie’s account of the years following Felix’s death, into which she weaves poignant memories of his life. What results is a deeply moving, beautifully captured record of how – amid the plants and rivers of Dartmoor, and in the sea off the South Devon coast – Sophie was able to hold on to and nurture her bond with Felix, both in her mind and through a physical engagement with the landscape: actively mourning, rather than grieving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book is a celebration of the natural world and the role it plays in our lives and relationships, as well as examining how beauty, a sense of place and the passing seasons can help us contend with our own mortality. Above all, though, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Green Hill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one woman’s story of navigating through trauma and loss, and towards a fragile, complicated kind of joy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Sophie Pierce writes about the sudden death of her son with an aching and gentle honesty. Her writing is illuminated by a remarkable attention to the beauty and consolation of the natural world’ \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Perry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e’Pierce’s startling candour makes for tough but cathartic reading, particularly for those who’ve lost family members too early. The results are both brutal and beautiful’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"529cf3da-8dbc-7e68-79a4-8a9107e48e2e\"]' data-w-id=\"529cf3da-8dbc-7e68-79a4-8a9107e48e2e\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"36f5597a-bb6e-334c-117a-84e54325d801\"]' data-w-id=\"36f5597a-bb6e-334c-117a-84e54325d801\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOUT APR 2026.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"36f5597a-bb6e-334c-117a-84e54325d801\"]' data-w-id=\"36f5597a-bb6e-334c-117a-84e54325d801\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 320pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Wilton Square (April 2026)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e9781806770144\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilton Square","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58627808952704,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/9781800181809.jpg?v=1785754367","url":"https:\/\/www.eye-books.com\/products\/the-green-hill","provider":"Eye Books Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}