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Rural:The Lives of the Working Class Countryside personality the book's overriding strength isLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE Eye opening and persuasive SUNDAY TIMES Brilliant I loved it KIT DE WAAL Thoughtful, moving, honest CAL FLYN *Winner of The Lakeland Book of the Year 2024* Work in the countryside ties you, soul and salary, to the land. But often those who labour in nature have the least control over what happens there. Why have our rural industries been replaced by tourism? Why can't people stay living in the places they grew up?