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The farmer's son : calving season on a family farm, John Connell

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"For fans of The Shepherd's Life, a poignant memoir -- and #1 Irish bestseller -- 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." --
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First US edition.
Extent
243 pages
Note
First published, titled "The cow book : a story of life on an Irish family farm", in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2018
Isbn
9781328577993
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Label
The farmer's son : calving season on a family farm
Title
The farmer's son
Title remainder
calving season on a family farm
Statement of responsibility
John Connell
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"For fans of The Shepherd's Life, a poignant memoir -- and #1 Irish bestseller -- 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." --
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Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
PUL
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1986-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Connell, John
Dewey number
630.9415
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
S522.I73
LC item number
C66 2019
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Connell, John
  • Farm life
  • Cattle
  • Cattle
  • Calves
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
  • FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dysfunctional Families
  • NATURE / Animals / General
  • Calves
  • Cattle
  • Cattle
  • Farm life
  • Ireland
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The farmer's son : calving season on a family farm, John Connell
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Publication
Copyright
Note
First published, titled "The cow book : a story of life on an Irish family farm", in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2018
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
on1045460440
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First US edition.
Extent
243 pages
Isbn
9781328577993
Lccn
2018042556
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1045460440
Label
The farmer's son : calving season on a family farm, John Connell
Publication
Copyright
Note
First published, titled "The cow book : a story of life on an Irish family farm", in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2018
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
on1045460440
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First US edition.
Extent
243 pages
Isbn
9781328577993
Lccn
2018042556
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1045460440

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