{"product_id":"down-burrow-lane-by-michael-morpurgo-signed","title":"Down Burrow Lane by Michael Morpurgo SIGNED","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished 117 September 2026 SIGNED\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe incredible memoir set on a magical farm in Devon, published on the 50th anniversary\u003cbr\u003eof Farms for City Children and set to be a modern classic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe long-awaited memoir of life and love on a Devon farm - Michael Morpurgo's most personal and moving book to date\u003cbr\u003eFifty years ago, Michael and  Clare Morpurgo packed their young family into a car in\u003cbr\u003eLondon and set off for a remote farm in rural Devon, down a narrow track called Burrow\u003cbr\u003eLane.\u003cbr\u003eIt was on this magical farm that Michael, then a young schoolteacher, became a writer.\u003cbr\u003eOver the years, it would inspire many of his best-loved books, including War Horse and\u003cbr\u003ePrivate Peaceful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, Michael and Clare raised their family - and, in many ways, grew up themselves.\u003cbr\u003eThey also welcomed more than 100,000 children from towns and cities to experience life\u003cbr\u003ein the countryside through their charity, Farms for City Children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the remarkable love story of Michael and Clare, and an account of the joys and\u003cbr\u003ehardships of life on the farm across five decades: a journey through the seasons and\u003cbr\u003eyears that shaped the land around them, and the lives of the children forever changed by\u003cbr\u003etheir time there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME PERSONAL NON-FICTION FROM A NATIONAL TREASURE:\u003cbr\u003eThe deeply personal and magical story of 50 years on Michael's farm in Devon, the\u003cbr\u003eplace where he met Ted Hughes and inspired War Horse. This is a very special and\u003cbr\u003eone-off book for Michael, on a subject that is very close to his heart. He is donating all\u003cbr\u003ethe proceeds to Farms for City Children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Morpurgo is the award-winning author of over 100 books, including Private\u003cbr\u003ePeaceful, Kensuke's Kingdom and War Horse, which has been made into a Tony Awardwinning\u003cbr\u003eBroadway play and a Golden Globe-nominated film. He was C hildren's Laureate\u003cbr\u003efrom 2003-2005, a role that took him across Britain to inspire a love of reading in\u003cbr\u003echildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A moving, vulnerable portrait of love, nature and a life well-lived' RORY STEWART\u003cbr\u003e'Touching and extraordinary, this true story seems like a fairy tale' JOANNA LUMLEY\u003cbr\u003e'Tender and inspiring... Deeply moving and quietly radical.' HELEN REBANKS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kemps General Store \u0026 Kemps Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56752315367810,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/4576\/3117\/files\/Down-Burrow-Lane_Signed-Copies-Asset_story.jpg?v=1783427916","url":"https:\/\/www.kempsgeneralstore.co.uk\/products\/down-burrow-lane-by-michael-morpurgo-signed","provider":"Kemps General Store \u0026 Kemps Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}