{"product_id":"hedges-ditches-and-dreams-paperback","title":"Hedges, Ditches and Dreams - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlastair Ashford-Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlastair Ashford-Brown (Lala) grew up in Wiltshire on the edge of Salisbury Plain and attended the prestigious public school Marlborough College, from which he was expelled for cutting the rope of the school bell, after which his real schooling began as he set off on the road to seek romance and adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHedges Ditches and Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e recounts some of these adventures: how he learnt to survive on his wits, his meeting with Gypsies in the vineyards of France and his subsequent departure with them to live in their great encampment in the Pyrenees, clinging on to the outside of a train from Paris to Lisbon in pursuit of the lady of his dreams, shipwreck on the Baltic, imprisonment in a Greek jail, and encounters with some of the picaresque characters he met on his way. It tells the compelling story of a turbulent youth, of drunken escapades and passionate love affairs, evoking a Europe of traditional rural life and Bohemian cities in a world which has now largely disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlastair Ashford-Brown is the author of \u003cem\u003eHedges, Ditches and Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e and two books of poetry: \u003cem\u003eSongs of Sorrow and Joy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNets in the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 474\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408521576626,"sku":"9781906834470","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/28ab6e200861e301e39e8c654d3184a0.webp?v=1778247049","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/hedges-ditches-and-dreams-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}