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Sylvia's Farm : The Journal of an Improbable Shepherd

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I enjoyed this book very much. It's very easy to imagine meeting all the animals on the farm because the author describes their personalities in such detail. I went to school nearby and the descriptions of the weather and terrain brought back memories. The essays are more than just another new farmer tale. They are smoothly written and tightly constructed. Some describe the sad or profound moments of life. I'll be rereading Sylvia's Farm whenever I want to visit 'upstate'.

I read my copy straight through. Simple, yet lyrically written vignettes of both the struggles and the great joys of a hardscrabble farm life, told with the Yankee sensibilities of this serendipitous shepherd.

Not only for those who love animals. A real eye-opener for anyone who has ever thought of sheep as not much more than sweet but somewhat simple-minded bits of fluff. Sylvia Jorrin's journal captures their characters and their quirks. I finished this book hoping that she continues their stories.

this is an extraordinary book. I cannot recomend it highly enough. Read it and re read it. Keep it by your bedside and read it whenever you need to feel alive again. beautiful, lucid, and true. read Sylvia's Farm.

This book gives voice to that connection to the earth that so many yearn for, or remember, or even know daily. It is wonderful when such hard won experiences can be shared and given the grace they deserve, accessible to all. Magic though, how Jorrin by subtle turns brings one to a sense of awe for sheep and goats!

One of the best of its 'kind' books I have read. Sylvia is a women to be admired by all. She writes with humor, compassion and enthusiasm of her life on her farm. I wished she had a daily blog....so I could keep on reading.