Description: In the heart of Vermont's Green Mountains, Helen Whybrow and her partner are presented with the opportunity to steward a two-hundred-acre conserved farm. Whybrow knows that "belonging more than anything requires participation" and radically intertwines her life with the land. Six months after purchasing Knoll Farm, they unload a flock of Icelandic sheep onto the field and Whybrow becomes a shepherd entering into "nature's constant cycle of life into death into life" and all its unexpected lessons. The challenging and profoundly rewarding work unfolds for Whybrow in the everyday rituals of farmsteading and caring for her family--birthing lambs in the late winter, harvesting blueberries in summer, fending off coyotes and foxes, seasonal shearing--while instilling the lessons of the land in her daughter and caring for her mother. As life at Knoll Farm endures years both abundant and lean, she learns that true stewardship is about accepting change and adapting. She embraces a transcendent rhythm of blood and bone, milk and muck. At once inspiring and brave, deeply felt and gorgeously written, The Salt Stones is a loving look at the world through a shepherd's interconnected ethos.
Brief description: Cassidy Brown is an actor, singer, voice-over artist, and audiobook narrator living in Los Angeles. Cassidy grew up in Oakland, California, where she spent most of her youth performing in every school production she could get her hands on. She later moved to San Francisco, which began her love affair with big cities, and she has since lived and worked as an actor in San Francisco, Manhattan, and Los Angeles. She dreams of moving to Dublin, Ireland, one day. Cassidy has a Bachelor of Arts degree from UC Berkeley. Currently, Cassidy can be seen in national commercials, films, and TV series. Her latest commercial was alongside Amy Poehler. When not in front of the camera, you can find her doing voice-over for network tv shows, or in her home booth narrating audiobooks. When she is not performing, Cassidy spends most of her time reading, exploring nature and having living room dance parties with her five-year-old son, and eating way too many avocados, which are her true passion.