Our Oaken Bones
Reviving a Family, a Farm and Britain’s Ancient Rainforests
$23.99
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
23 June 2026
Summary
Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, this indie bestseller now in paperback speaks to mental health, the healing power of nature, and how we need to heal it in return - with a blueprint for restoring Britain’s rainforests.
The powerful memoir on mental health, the healing power of nature, and how we need to heal it in return - with a blueprint for restoring Britain’s rainforests, perfect for readers of The Salt Path and The Lost Rainforests of Britain.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529144239 |
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| ISBN-10: | 152914423X |
| Author: | Merlin Hanbury-Tenison |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Witness Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 23 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 282g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
An enormously moving and inspiring story about war, trauma, nature and rebirth, written with infectious passion and unsparing honesty. I loved it.—Dominic Sandbrook
It is an ecological autobiography… scholarly, wise, funny, charming, terrifying and thrilling, and I adored it all, every page.—Joanna Lumley
An extraordinarily courageous, urgent and powerful book.—Isabella Tree
deeply compelling… emotional, informative, pleasurable. I believe that this is an important work with planet-sized dreams and ambitions. Perhaps the greatest philosophy or teachable lesson that came to me off the page is that dominion comes with responsibility.—Russell Crowe
a beautifully written, people-focused tale with many stories of the healing of troubled human souls brought about by the rainforest’s health-giving powers. I absolutely loved it.—Charles Clover
Our Oaken Bones is aching and hopeful in equal measure: from the horrors and trauma of war, to the quiet intimate grieving of a hidden family loss, there are perhaps no greater tests of the healing power of Britain’s lost rainforest habitats.—Gillian Burke
A remarkable story of healing and growth, Our Oaken Bones is a moving and uplifting discourse on the power of nature to revive body and soul. A terrific debut.—Justin Marozzi
Powerfully enchanting, written with verve and imbued with hope.—Guy Shrubsole
This is a lovely book – wise, brave, thoughtful, painfully intimate – but with a remarkable spiritual and environmental vision.—Rory Stewart
“Both a comfort and an inspiration”—Chloe Dalton, author of “Raising Hare”
About The Author
Merlin Hanbury-Tenison
Merlin Hanbury-Tenison is a Cornish conservationist and veteran who founded The Thousand Year Trust, Britain’s rainforest charity. The charity’s mission is to catalyse the movement to triple Britain’s rainforest cover to one million acres in the next thirty years. His work has been featured in National Geographic, the Guardian and on the BBC. Merlin lives in a rainforest in Cornwall with his wife Lizzie, an entrepreneur and business advisor, and their two young daughters.
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