Helen Rebanks – författare

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Beautiful.' Daily Mail'True, unflinching, powerful, lyrical' Kate Mosse'Wonderful, inviting, wholesome.' Observer'Beautiful and very honest.' CAITLIN MORAN'It's quite an achievement to shine a light of truth on the often idealised, always understated, role of the farmer's wife.' RAYNOR WINNThis honest and heartwarming memoir offers a portrait of the labour and glory of keeping a home and raising a family. Weaving past and present, Helen Rebanks shares her highs and lows, from the emotional journey to the birth of her first child, and the endless improvisation of each night's dinner, to the dog gobbling up her daughter's freshly-made birthday cake. These are days that have shaped her, and the ways she finds the quiet strength to keep going. 'In its own quiet way, [The Farmer's Wife] is a manifesto: every woman has the right to choose the life they want.' Mail on Sunday'Very moving, real and true.' AMY LIPTROT'Enchanting, funny, fearless. . . a luminously beautiful memoir.' Spectator'Authentic and affecting.' SARAH LANGFORD'Lovely, warm and real, it made me cry and cook and think. ' ELLA RISBRIDGERReaders love The Farmer's Wife'Lovely. . . the book equivalent of getting up before everyone else to enjoy the silence of the day.''An absorbing , often magical book''A beautifully written manifesto for the life she's chosen to lead''A beacon of light. . . I've never read a memoir quite like this.'Helen Rebanks' book The Farmer's Wife was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 02-09-2023

'True, unflinching, powerful, lyrical' Kate Mosse'It's quite an achievement to shine a light of truth on the often idealised, always understated, role of the farmer's wife.' RAYNOR WINN'Wonderful, inviting, wholesome.' Observer'Very moving, real and true.' AMY LIPTROT'Enchanting, funny, fearless. . . a luminously beautiful memoir.' Spectator'Beautiful and very honest.' CAITLIN MORAN'Authentic and affecting.' SARAH LANGFORD 'Lovely, warm and real, it made me cry and cook and think. ' ELLA RISBRIDGERA portrait of life at Helen Rebanks' Lake District farmhouse that beautifully captures the unsung work of keeping a home and raising a family.As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks makes a mug of tea, relishing the few minutes of quiet before the house stirs. Within the hour the sounds of her husband, James, and their four children will fill the kitchen. There are also six sheepdogs, two ponies, 20 chickens, 50 cattle and 500 sheep to care for. Helen is a farmer's wife. Hers is a story that is rarely told, despite being one we think we know.Weaving past and present, Helen shares the days that have shaped her. This is the truth of those days: from steering the family through the Beast from the East and the local authority planning committee, to finding the quiet strength to keep going, when supper is yet to be started, another delivery man has assumed he needs to speak to the 'man of the house', and she would rather punch a cushion than plump it.This beautifully-illustrated memoir, which takes place across one day at the farm, offers a chance to think about where our food comes from and who puts it on the table. Helen's recipes, lists and gentle wisdom helps us to get through our days, whatever they throw at us.Readers love The Farmer's Wife'Lovely. . . the book equivalent of getting up before everyone else to enjoy the silence of the day.''Evocative and thought-provoking. . . a beautiful, lyrical read that gives voice to the 'pushes and pulls' of everyday life.''A beautifully written manifesto for the life she's chosen to lead''A beacon of light. . . I've never read a memoir quite like this.'

»Bemerkenswert, die oft romantisierte Rolle der Bäuerin so ins rechte Licht zu setzen.« Raynor WinnVor der Morgendämmerung genießt Helen Rebanks die wenigen Minuten der Ruhe bei einer Tasse Tee, bevor ihr Mann und ihre vier Kinder im Haus herumwirbeln. Es gibt auch sechs Schäferhunde, zwei Ponys, 20 Hühner, 50 Rinder und 500 Schafe zu versorgen. Helen Rebanks ist Bäuerin. In einzigartiger Weise erzählt »Die Frau des Farmers« vom Leben einer Frau auf einem modernen Bauernhof im malerischen Lake District Englands.Als junges Mädchen träumte Helen Rebanks von einem Leben als Künstlerin. Auf keinen Fall wollte sie wie ihre Mutter und Großmutter das Leben einer Bäuerin führen. Sie verlässt die Familie, studiert Kunst, sucht eigene Wege – und doch kommt es anders: Heute sitzt sie auf ihrem eigenen Gehöft und betreibt mit ihrem Mann James Rebanks eine große Farm. Traditionell wird die Stellung der Bäuerin als Nebenrolle gesehen: immer da, aber doch im Hintergrund. Doch ohne die Frauen geht es nicht. Eingebettet in Erinnerungen erzählt Helen Rebanks von ihrem Leben an einem Tag: von der Entscheidung doch ein Landleben zu führen, der Organisation des Haushalts und der Familie, der Verwaltung eines modernen Hofes, von ihrer Liebe zum Kochen und zu den Tieren, der großen Verbundenheit zur Natur und von der Bedeutung und Herkunft unserer Nahrung. Authentisch und ergreifend ist dies die Geschichte eines verborgenen Lebens, das alles zusammenhält, und eine Hommage an alle Landfrauen.Mit zahlreichen, wunderschön illustrierten Familienrezepten