The Farmer's Son

<strong>For fans of <em>The Shepherd's Life </em> a poignant memoir--and #1 Irish bestseller--about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world</strong> <p/> Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until one winter after more than a decade away he finds himself back on the farm. <p/> Connell records the hypnotic rhythm of the farming day--cleaning the barns caring for the herd tending to sickly lambs helping the cows give birth. Alongside the routine events there are the unforeseen moments when things go wrong: when a calf fails to thrive when a sheep goes missing when illness breaks out when an argument between father and son erupts and things are said that cannot be unsaid. <p/><em>The Farmer's Son</em> is the story of a calving season and the story of a man who emerges from depression to find hope in the place he least expected to find it. It is the story of Connell's life as a farmer and of his relationship with the community of County Longford with his faith with the animals he tends and above all with his father.