'The whole book is a miracle...enchanting'-Times Literary Supplement 'An astonishing book, a gem of the purest ray, serene... This is a wonderful book: and I mean just that-it is full of wonder' -Evening News 'This is a book of real and rare enchantment, simply written about simple and primitive things, without any touch of affectation' -Sunday Times 'Escapism of the best and purest kind'-Maurice Fleming

Rowena Farre was born in India, where she spent the early years of her life. She later moved to Scotland to live with her aunt, travelled around Britain with gypsies and undertook a spiritual journey to the Himalayas. 'Seal Morning' was her first autobiographical work, followed by 'A Time From the World' and 'The Beckoning Land'. She died aged 57 in 1979.