| Edition |
First US edition. |
| Description |
243 pages : illustration, photograph ; 22 cm |
| Note(S) |
First published, titled "The cow book : a story of life on an Irish family farm", in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2018. -- Verso. |
| Summary |
"A poignant memoir about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world. Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade away, he finds himself back on the farm. Connell records the hypnotic rhythm of the farming day -- cleaning the barns, caring for the herd, tending to sickly lambs, helping the cows give birth. 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 illness breaks out, when an argument between father and son erupts and things are said that cannot be unsaid. The Farmer's Son is the story of a calving season, and the story of a man who emerges from depression to find hope in the place he least expected to find it. It is the story of Connell's life as a farmer, and of his relationship with the community of County Longford, with his faith, with the animals he tends, and, above all, with his father." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Connell, John, 1986-
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| Subject(S) |
Farm life -- Ireland -- Biography.
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Cattle -- Parturition -- Ireland -- Anecdotes.
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Cattle -- Breeding -- Ireland -- Anecdotes.
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Calves -- Ireland -- Anecdotes.
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Autobiographies.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Title |
Cow book.
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| ISBN |
9781328577993 (hardcover) |
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1328577996 (hardcover) |
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