Book description
After leaving the editorship of the Daily Express, Rosie Boycott wasn t
sure what to do next. A terrible car accident forced her to rethink her
life, turning her in a direction she would never have previously
imagined. Working a small farm in Somerset proves a daunting task, but
Rosie and her new husband Charlie are determined, and their immersion in
rural living, hilarious and profoundly moving, reaps rewards they never
expected. Pigs, ducks and geese are fattened for the butcher; vegetables
and cut flowers are grown for a reluctant marketplace; and Rosie and
Charlie discover much about the hard graft of running a smallholding.
They learn too about weightier issues that affect the local community of
Ilminster particularly the new supermarket that threatens the soul of
the local town centre. And Rosie finds recovery in the rhythms of the
seasons. After leaving the editorship of the Daily Express, Rosie
Boycott wasn t sure what to do next. A terrible car accident forced her
to rethink her life, turning her in a direction she would never have
previously imagined. Working a small farm in Somerset proves a daunting
task, but Rosie and her new husband Charlie are determined, and their
immersion in rural living, hilarious and profoundly moving, reaps
rewards they never expected. Pigs, ducks and geese are fattened for the
butcher; vegetables and cut flowers are grown for a reluctant
marketplace; and Rosie and Charlie discover much about the hard graft of
running a smallholding. They learn too about weightier issues that
affect the local community of Ilminster particularly the new supermarket
that threatens the soul of the local town centre. And Rosie finds
recovery in the rhythms of the seasons.
