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Pigs in Clover

From the jacket: Aged just 32, Simon Dawson took a risk. He sold his London flat and moved his wife and Great Dane to a cottage in Devon. Scraping together every penny they could, they bought 20 acres of scruffy but beautiful land and established a self sufficient smallholding.

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Follow Simon's journey from urbanite to farmer in this heartwarming, poignant and laugh-out-loud true story. It will have you yearning to find your own piece of the good life.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 329 pages

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