With a newborn baby in tow, Lorna Sixsmith and her husband swap their
office careers for the dream of "the good life," returning to Lorna's
ancestral farm at Garrendenny, Ireland. Now Lorna's children play in the
same fields--and their adventures echo those of generations of Sixsmiths
before them. The discovery of rural life proves more transformative,
overwhelming, and enriching than anyone could have imagined--but, above
all, life-changing.
- A truly "down to earth" account of country life.
- A rare and lovely glimpse of living in rhythm with nature, the
seasons, and the farming calendar.
- Gently humorous and deeply personal, one woman's story of leaving her
comfortable urban life to re-root herself in the land her family has
farmed for generations.
Lorna brings to life the men who plowed, tilled, and harvested, who
loved to work the fields with horses, never quite taking to tractors.
Also vividly portrayed are the indomitable women who churned the butter
and kept the chickens--selling eggs to earn their "hen money." Peppered
with chat about the weather and the price of cattle, this insightful,
witty book gives an authentic sense of the poverty, the rituals, and the
unchanging aspects of country life. As machinery, technology and shifts
in social attitudes bring change, the highs and lows of farming life and
its people stay rooted in community, landscape, and nature.
