{"product_id":"drystone-a-life-rebuilt-9781846976469","title":"Drystone: A Life Rebuilt","description":"\u003cb\u003eA memoir of Kristie De Garis confronting past struggles and finding healing and purpose through life in rural Scotland.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKristie De Garis spent years running - from places, people and parts of herself. But chaos always followed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she moved to rural Scotland, she hoped to find peace. Instead, in the space and silence, she was forced to confront everything she had tried to escape: racism, trauma, undiagnosed ADHD, addiction and the stark realities of motherhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, in the land around her - and in the slow, stubborn craft of drystone walling - she began to see a different life. One that was quiet, deliberate, and her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrystone: A Life Rebuilt is unflinchingly honest and unexpectedly funny. A story about the weight of the past, resilience and the hard work of living on your own terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome things may never change. What matters is the life you build anyway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Garis, Kristie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kristie De Garis is a writer, photographer and drystone waller based in Perthshire, Scotland, where she lives a quiet and carefully curated life. Drystone: A Life Rebuilt is her first book.","brand":"Polygon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52174834204946,"sku":"9781846976469","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e6c9904-ca37-4ff1-b08a-7a6d10db0d61.jpg?v=1775558762","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/drystone-a-life-rebuilt-9781846976469","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}