−50%Bracken Hill in August: Heat, bees, and the far sound of a single tractor
Edwin Marsh · narrated by Rowan Whitmore
2026
One-time. Yours forever, with offline downloads.
30-day money-back guarantee if you have listened to 20% or less. Details
Or get everything
- Every audiobook and ebook in all six apps. Includes this one.
- Fifteen single books would cost more than a whole year of everything.
- One login for everyone in the house. Cancel anytime.
Prefer monthly? See the monthly plans
All-Access is bought on healtone.app, the family hub; one login opens all six apps.
You settle into the long, drowsy heart of a summer afternoon on Bracken Hill. Rowan Whitmore's voice moves slowly, matching the pace of heat rising from dry grass and bees working the bramble. You learn to hear what stillness actually contains: the particular temperature of insect flight, the way shadows lengthen almost invisibly, the distant tractor that only becomes real once you stop waiting for it. Each chapter invites you to slow further. Walking at half speed. Sitting on the same stone long enough for the ground to hold your warmth. Noticing the sound you did not hear until now. This is not escape but arrival, a quiet return to your own breathing in a landscape that asks nothing of you. Let the afternoon unfold at its own pace.
21 chapters
- 1Standing Still2m
- 2Chapter 1: The Long Hour After Lunch22m
- 3Chapter 2: What the Stillness Actually Is20m
- 4Chapter 3: The Bees Have Their Own Temperature13m
- 5Chapter 4: Walking at Half Speed20m
- 6Chapter 5: Sitting on the Same Stone22m
- 7Chapter 6: The Sound You Did Not Hear Until Now16m
- 8Chapter 7: Shadow Watching21m
- 9Chapter 8: The Cool of the Fern Bed19m
- 10Chapter 9: Water Carried in a Plain Bottle14m
- 11Chapter 10: The Smell of Dry Earth Warming11m
- 12Chapter 11: Following a Single Ant14m
- 13Chapter 12: The Cloud That Takes an Hour to Pass12m
- 14Chapter 13: Honey in Warm Water21m
- 15Chapter 14: Apple Cider Vinegar at Day's End17m
- 16Chapter 15: What You Remember from the Morning17m
- 17Chapter 16: The Same Hill, Different Light15m
- 18Chapter 17: When the Stillness Is Not Right19m
- 19Walking Back7m
- 20About the Author1m
- 21From My Shelf to Yours1m
Member reviews
Share your experience with other listeners.
Sign in to write a reviewNo reviews yet. Be the first to share what this audiobook did for you.
