The House on the Hill

<p>Too isolated to live in said the neighbours of the dilapidated farmhouse Joy Baker made into a home. Yet within its crumbling walls and under her pen name Frances Wilding she nurtured a vision of childhood that rejected desks timetables and the compulsory march to school. Instead her seven children learned from the rhythms of daily life-caring for animals planting gardens facing hardship and discovering joy in the ordinary. </p><p></p><p>In<em> The House on the Hill</em> Baker shares this remarkable season of family life with warmth and candour. At once a memoir of resilience and a quiet manifesto for freedom in education it remains a powerful reminder that learning flourishes best where love and curiosity lead the way.</p>