Esther Rutter: All Before Me

Join Esther Rutter on a search for belonging in the Wordsworths’ Lake District, exploring the power that creativity, community, and landscape can have to change our lives. Esther shares her experience of a mental breakdown in Japan and subsequent recovery during her time living and working at Dove Cottage, comparing life there in the twenty-first century with historical perspectives on Grasmere’s particular genius loci.

Book: All Before Me (Granta Books)