Turning to Stone by Marcia Bjornerud games a pale figure sits serenely

a pale figure sits serenely against a sand dune staring out to sea

Written with generosity and kindness

Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571322725Extent: 96 pages

Pétain was brought before a specially created High Court to answer for his conduct between the signing of the armistice with Germany in June 1940 and the Liberation of France in August 1944

Turning to Stone by Marcia Bjornerud games a pale figure sits serenelyWINNER OF THE 2025 JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED NATURAL HISTORY WRITING 'Vast and arresting' SPECTATOR 'A remarkably human take on the geological world' NEW STATESMAN Rocks are the record of our creative planet reinventing itself for four billion years. Nothing is ever lost, just transformed. Marcia Bjornerud's life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary period of discovery. From an insular girlhood in rural Wisconsin, she found