My Father and Other Animals: How I Took on the Family Farm (Paperback)

Sam Vincent

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Black Inc., Melbourne, 2023

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Paperback. A moving and hilarious fish-out-of-water memoir of a millennial leaving his inner-city life to work on the family farm.'My Father and Other Animals is a warm, surprising and beautifully crafted book.' -Billy Griffiths, author of Deep Time DreamingWinner, Prime Minister's Literary Award for Nonfiction 2023Sam Vincent is a twenty-something writer living in the inner suburbs, scrabbling to make ends meet, when he gets a call from his mother: his father has stuck his hand in a woodchipper, but 'not to worry - it wasn't like that scene in Fargo or anything'. When Sam returns to the family farm to help out, his life takes a new and unexpected direction.Whether castrating calves or buying a bull - or knocking in a hundred fence posts by hand when his dad hides the post-driver - Sam's farming apprenticeship is an education in grit and shit. But there are victories, too: nurturing a fig orchard to bloom; learning to read the land; joining forces with Indigenous elders to protect a special site. Slowly, Sam finds himself thinking differently about the farm, about his father and about his relationship with both.By turns affecting, hilarious and utterly surprising, this memoir melds humour and fierce honesty in an unsentimental love letter. It's about belonging, humility and regeneration - of land, family and culture. What passes from father to son on this unruly patch of earth is more than a livelihood; it is a legacy.'Sam Vincent probes deeply into some of the biggest issues of our time . This book is a celebration of the love of land and builds bridges of understanding that will appeal to a broad cross section of readers.' -Judges' comments, Prime Minister's Literary Awards'My Father and Other Animals is a beautiful tale of legacy, family, and a millennial finding his place in the world.' -Samuel Bernard, The Weekend Australian 'Notable Books''For any reader desiring to understand contemporary rural Australia, this entertaining and important book is a must-read.' -Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler'Bloody hilarious and salt-of-the-earth heartwarming, My Father and Other Animals is an absolute treasure of a book.' -Anna Krien, author of Act of Grace, Night Games and Into the Woods Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titre
My Father and Other Animals: How I Took on the Family Farm (Paperback)
Auteur
Sam Vincent
Éditeur
Black Inc., Melbourne
Année de publication
2023
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1760644846
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781760644840

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