"Irresistible", full of "poignancy and humor, drama and beauty" raved reviewers about the first two volumes of Jeanine McMullen's enchanting account of her life on a farm in a legend-haunted valley in Wales. Now her canvas broadens to include her travels from Scotland to Cornwall collecting raw material for her hugely popular BBC radio program "My Small Country Living". 8 pages of full-color illustrations.
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In My Small Country Living McMullen charmed readers with accounts of her livestock (every one a pet) on a mountain farm in Wales as well as her popular radio program (same title) about rural life in Britain. She continues here, with stories about getting material for the program and about life on the farm. It is an engaging collection of wacky personalities, odd crafts and rare breeds of domestic animals. She flits to Northern Ireland, the Scottish moors, Yorkshire Dales, Norfolk and Lancashire with her tape recorder, Gert, in hand. We meet an artist who paints chickens, another who makes graffiti tiles for barrooms. There are Irish Moiled cattle, Lonk sheep, the Queen Mother's Buff Orpington chickens and the last Welsh Hillman sheepdog (spayed). Back at the farm, the animals produce offspring, including a prize-winning goat. McMullen's feisty mother, Mrs. P., is hospitalized with a mysterious illness; her dog Winston howls all the time she is away. This lively tale of country ways will delight readers who like animals.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Comparisons of McMullen, hostess of a popular BBC radio show about her life on a Welsh farm, to James Herriot are unavoidable. Her new book and previous works ( My Small Country Living , LJ 11/1/84, and Wind in the Ash Tree , Norton, 1988) are not quite as captivatingly written as Herriot's but will appeal to the same readership. Animal lovers will be amused by McMullen's lively account of her various animals and pets, including a goat with postnatal depression and a horse who babysits, and her assistance in birthing lambs, kids, and a foal. Readers who dream of homesteading in the country will enjoy her vivid descriptions of the chores and satisfactions of farm life, while armchair travelers will be entertained by the flavor of Wales's customs and characters. Don't be surprised if this becomes a BBC television series--it has all the right ingredients. A Small Country Living . . . is recommended for popular travel and agriculture collections.
- Laura Lipton, Miller Horticulture Lib., Seattle
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Laura Lipton, Miller Horticulture Lib., Seattle
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Many stories take one away from the day to day. "A Small Country Living Goes On" takes one away from everyday. The reader is unknowingly transported to a time not of fiction or fantasy but one of reality. A daily routine which many readers wish will, one day, be their own. We find charm in the mundane, whimsy in the daily flow. Back breaking yet delightful. I found myself viewing my dog within a new light. A wonderful read!
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Twelfth Night, Mary Price, North Wales, Irish Draught, Ruth Ruck, Nurse Williams, Small Country Living, Tom Percy, Moiled Cattle, Twelfth Day, Buff Orpingtons, Jade Trees, Phillip Morris, Bertie Ellis, Geoff Beaston, Cae Dafydd, Northern Ireland, Royal Welsh, Shelagh Holmes, Peter Beagle, Sam Smith, Paddington Station, Queen Mother, Graham Piggot, Myrddin Parry Browse Sample Pages:
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