Ben Short‘s gorgeous literary memoir Burn: A Story Of Fire, Woods And Healing has been positively reviewed by Mark Whitley for The Countryman.

Whitley writes: “In this candid memoir, [Ben] learns the benefits of living simply… And, above all, Ben discovers the joys of risking everything in the search for personal happiness.” Read the full review in the June issue of The Countryman.

Exquisitely written and laced with folklore and the history of burning, the right way to lay a hedge and the age-old wisdom of the woods, Burn is a hopeful story of transformation, a celebration of manual work and craft, and a love letter to the English landscape.