Some reviews just write themselves, some are a bit harder and some ...
When you don't much like a book and reading it is a struggle, well, what can you say about it.
I can't rememember struggling like this with a book since reading Copsford.
Read the reviews on Caught by the River , Senior Reader and Resolute Reader to get an idea of the book.
Thomas takes us through the farming year at a great pace. If you like to read about keeping sheep in the hills this is the book for you. If however, like me, you enjoy reading about how people learn to run a farm, how they adapt,
make mistakes, get to know their neighbours and about their domestic
life: there is not much of that here.
I have been struggling to wroite about this book, but I admit defeat!
Mike Howe writes about managing Dyffryn farm today. The land and cottage are now owned by the National Trust and you can go and stay there.
Best review I’ve ever read!
ReplyDeleteI have to say, the cottage looks lovely now, but perhaps wasn't quite so comfortable and "well-appointed" back in the 1950s . . . I can remember reading this book - probably late 1970s or early 80s - but don't remember much about the content now.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it's not just me that really struggled with this book! I usually love farming books, but not this one.
ReplyDelete