Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
Penguin Group
Published on
Jan 19, 2006
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
5.08x0.51x7.80 Inches
Weight
0.37 Pounds
About the Book
When Richard Benson was growing up he felt like 'the village idiot with O'levels' - glowing school reports aren't much help when you're trying to help a sow give birth, or drive a power harrow in a straight line without getting half the hedgerow stuck in the tines. He left Yorkshire to work as a journalist in London, but returned when his dad called with the news that they were going to have to sell the family farm, and, in so doing, leave the home and livelihood that the Bensons had worked for generations. This is not only a moving personal account, but also one that reflects a profound change in rural life.