{"product_id":"my-father-and-other-animals-sam-vincent-9781760640439","title":"My Father and Other Animals: How I Took on the Family Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003eA moving and hilarious fish-out-of-water memoir of a millennial leaving his inner-city life to take over the family farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Vincent is a twenty-something writer in the inner suburbs, scrabbling to make ends meet, when he gets a call from his mother: his father has stuck his hand into a woodchipper, but 'not to worry - it wasn't like that scene in Fargo or anything'. When Sam returns to the family farm to help out, his life takes a new and unexpected direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether castrating calves or buying a bull - or knocking in a hundred fence posts by hand when his dad hides the post-driver - Sam's farming apprenticeship is an education in grit and shit. But there are victories, too: nurturing a fig orchard to bloom; learning to read the land; joining forces with Indigenous elders to protect a special site. Slowly, Sam finds himself thinking differently about the farm, about his father and about his relationship with both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns affecting, hilarious and utterly surprising, this memoir melds humour and fierce honesty in an unsentimental love letter. It's about belonging, humility and regeneration - of land, family and culture. What passes from father to son on this unruly patch of earth is more than a livelihood; it is a legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Vincent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760640433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760640439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.02w x 0.68d","brand":"Sam Vincent","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069982109951,"sku":"9781760640439","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c7afbbd-d8b3-41c4-94e7-f22575238c51.jpg?v=1685427651","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-father-and-other-animals-sam-vincent-9781760640439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}