Sublime

Adams’ book is a beautiful piece of writing and frames the adventures of the rabbits within stunning, brief descriptions of the British countryside. The details of plants and flowers never overwhelm the narrative or slow down the story but rather give the sense of a deep spiritual connection between the writer and the British countryside.

joy.

‘You’re on another planet!’ Mrs Baker would cry as she turned off the gas or saved the bath from overflowing. ‘God only knows what you did before I came.’ ‘Well,’ Astrid would say, ‘I had Charlie, and before Charlie I lived in squalor.’

Other people’s parents are often a delight.