Harriet Baker

Praise for Rural Hours

An outstanding piece of literary scholarship ... A biography that is far more intimate than most ... By choosing to embrace the daily routines of rural life, Baker proposes, these women found that the quality of ...

Charlotte Stroud, Financial Times

Rural Hours is beautifully written, and Baker’s reading is wide and deep

Observer

Rural Hours is a page turner - lively, inspiring and beautifully crafted. It's a reminder of the value of rural living and quiet observation for the imagination. Most literary biographers struggle to get t ...

Johanna Thomas-Corr, The Sunday Times

An outstanding piece of literary scholarship ... A biography that is far more intimate than most ... By choosing to embrace the daily routines of rural life, Baker proposes, these women found that the quality of ...

Charlotte Stroud, Financial Times

Rural Hours is beautifully written, and Baker’s reading is wide and deep

Observer

Rural Hours is a page turner - lively, inspiring and beautifully crafted. It's a reminder of the value of rural living and quiet observation for the imagination. Most literary biographers struggle to get t ...

Johanna Thomas-Corr, The Sunday Times

An outstanding piece of literary scholarship ... A biography that is far more intimate than most ... By choosing to embrace the daily routines of rural life, Baker proposes, these women found that the quality of ...

Charlotte Stroud, Financial Times

Rural Hours is beautifully written, and Baker’s reading is wide and deep

Observer

Rural Hours is a page turner - lively, inspiring and beautifully crafted. It's a reminder of the value of rural living and quiet observation for the imagination. Most literary biographers struggle to get t ...

Johanna Thomas-Corr, The Sunday Times