Ghosts of the FarmBy: Nicola Chester Shortlisted for the 2025 Richard Jefferies Award A Book of the Year 2025 The Spectator From the Wainwright Nature Prize Highly Commended author Nicola Chester, a rural narrative between two women in two different eras who both wanted to become farmers. "Nicola Chester will come to be seen as a Nan Shepherd of our time."Nick Acheson, author of The Meaning of Geese This is the story of Miss White, a woman who lived in the authors