The perfect book for anyone who has ever whittled something out of wood or dreamt about doing so. Longlisted for the 2025 Carnegie Prize for Excellence.A New Yorker BEST BOOK OF 2024 This memoir honors not just the art of carpentry but the passion of labor itself ...a call for all of us, whatever we do, to do it with passion and care.A gem of a book ... a hymn to family and living a life you love. DAILY MAILA debut thats both a paean to the art of woodworking and a memoir about creative endeavours OBSERVERMesmeric SPECTATORConsistently lovely NEW YORKERRobinsons prose is humorous and macho, taking its lead from the gruff, sensual delivery of food writer Anthony Bourdain... But wood, in all its facets, remains at the heart of his writing. FINANCIAL TIMESA beautifully cut and crafted masterpiece inlaid with insight and polished with the pure joy of nature.CHRIS PACKHAM, author of Fingers in the Sparkle Jar A MemoirOriginal. Rare. As beautiful as trees... A masterpiece.JOHN LEWISSTEMPEL, author of Meadowland, The Running Hare and The WoodA book that is covertly a love poem disguised as a fatherandson story, an apprentices learning of an exotic craft, a hymn to the eternal mystery of trees, and a tribute to the flatout joy of gifting. Enchanting.BILL BUFORD, author of Heat and DirtA delightful book about the art of craft a hardcarved woodworking romance written with tenderness and an almost sensual attention to detail. I can smell the resin and the soft, fresh sawdust. I...
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The perfect book for anyone who has ever whittled something out of wood or dreamt about doing so. Longlisted for the 2025 Carnegie Prize for Excellence.A New Yorker BEST BOOK OF 2024 This memoir honors not just the art of carpentry but the passion of labor itself ...a call for all of us, whatever we do, to do it with passion and care.A gem of a book ... a hymn to family and living a life you love. DAILY MAILA debut thats both a paean to the art of woodworking and a memoir about creative endeavours OBSERVERMesmeric SPECTATORConsistently lovely NEW YORKERRobinsons prose is humorous and macho, taking its lead from the gruff, sensual delivery of food writer Anthony Bourdain... But wood, in all its facets, remains at the heart of his writing. FINANCIAL TIMESA beautifully cut and crafted masterpiece inlaid with insight and polished with the pure joy of nature.CHRIS PACKHAM, author of Fingers in the Sparkle Jar A MemoirOriginal. Rare. As beautiful as trees... A masterpiece.JOHN LEWISSTEMPEL, author of Meadowland, The Running Hare and The WoodA book that is covertly a love poem disguised as a fatherandson story, an apprentices learning of an exotic craft, a hymn to the eternal mystery of trees, and a tribute to the flatout joy of gifting. Enchanting.BILL BUFORD, author of Heat and DirtA delightful book about the art of craft a hardcarved woodworking romance written with tenderness and an almost sensual attention to detail. I can smell the resin and the soft, fresh sawdust. I...
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