Discover the wondrous lives and peculiar friendship of stonemason Henry Kibble … and the pebble in his pocket.
Most people have no idea that rocks, be they the size of a pebble or a mountain, can speak.
While all Kibbles before him – a line of stonemasons dating back to Roman times – had a particular affinity for stones, Henry’s was so pronounced that he could hear them from the moment of his birth. Henry lives his life contentedly in the hidden-away Oxfordshire village of Finstock. He always takes time, and he always listens to people and pebbles. Henry’s life, so ordinary at first glance, is radiant beyond imagination – a life filled with marvels and magic, with love and friendship beyond measure, with Barbara Pym and with John Denver, and with astounding stories told by pebbles from across the ages.
