The Broken Furrow

If a plough strikes a rock the furrow-the trench in the earth made by the plough-is broken. The otherwise straight line is disrupted an imperfection you can't hide. In competition ploughing a broken furrow is catastrophic. <br /><br />From his childhood in wartime Wales to his years working across Canada author Jeffrey R. Thomas has experienced many rocks in his life. His memoir The Broken Furrow: The Tale of a Welsh Farmer in Canada is full of them. Maybe the first was when his father abandoned the generations-long tradition of passing down the family farm. Or when Jeffrey emigrated from Wales to Canada as a result. But no matter what life-and nature-had in store for him Jeffrey persevered. He had to. That's why Jeffrey and his growing family moved to Ontario to Manitoba to British Columbia-and back and forth-following where the opportunities took them whether it was sheep farming trucking or sales. But after years of riding the highs and lows Jeffrey retired-sort of. <br /><br />Detailed and expansive The Broken Furrow is more than a memoir about farming and rural living. It's a story rich with history and adventure an ode to all the incredible people Jeffrey has met in his long perfectly imperfect life.