The Farmer's Son: Calving Season on a Family Farm
John Connell
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Pan
The Farmer's Son: Calving Season on a Family Farm
John Connell
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Writers often pack a lot into their debuts, tapping into material they’ve been cultivating for years. A case in point is The Farmer’s Son, John Connell’s unusually rich memoir.
The Farmer’s Son is part memoir, part classic father-son battle and part history (of Ireland and of cows), and all of those pieces work quite well together; it is a fascinating read. Connell is a thoughtful, serious writer, deeply observant. The book moves slowly, covering just four months in 200 pages, but it never drags.
I never thought I would enjoy a book about Irish cattle and sheep farming. But I certainly enjoyed The Farmer’s Son.
Irish writer Connell gives readers a tight debut memoir of farming and personal reflection.
In this thoughtfully observed and poignant debut memoir, Connell paints a remarkably authentic portrait of farm life in all its harshness and beauty.
...[a] moody, lyrical memoir.