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The Cow Book: A Story of Life on an Irish Family Farm
John Connell
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Description for The Cow Book: A Story of Life on an Irish Family Farm
Paperback.
Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, he finds himself back on the farm and begins to learn the ways of the farmer and the way of the cows. Connell records the hypnotic rhythm of the farming day - cleaning the outhouses, milking the herd, tending to sickly lambs, helping the cows give birth. But alongside the routine events, there are the unforeseen moments when things go wrong: when a calf fails to thrive, when a sheep goes missing, when ... Read more
Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, he finds himself back on the farm and begins to learn the ways of the farmer and the way of the cows. Connell records the hypnotic rhythm of the farming day - cleaning the outhouses, milking the herd, tending to sickly lambs, helping the cows give birth. But alongside the routine events, there are the unforeseen moments when things go wrong: when a calf fails to thrive, when a sheep goes missing, when ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783784189
SKU
9781783784189
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About John Connell
John Connell's work has been published in Granta's New Irish Writing issue. He lives on his family farm, Birchview, in County Longford.
Reviews for The Cow Book: A Story of Life on an Irish Family Farm
Superb ... an unexpected triumph, surely a prize-winner
Richard Benson
Mail on Sunday
I usually view rural Ireland from a train or car window but reading this gripping, fascinating book I felt I was becoming a cattle farmer
Roddy Doyle John Connell's The Cow Book starts well... and gets better. This is an important slice of ... Read more
Richard Benson
Mail on Sunday
I usually view rural Ireland from a train or car window but reading this gripping, fascinating book I felt I was becoming a cattle farmer
Roddy Doyle John Connell's The Cow Book starts well... and gets better. This is an important slice of ... Read more