Lorna captures this aspect of farming perfectly and her advice on finding a happy compromise will salve many a domestic argument. The upsides of farm life compensate in many great ways for this but the reality of it can be difficult at times. Having grown up on a farm, the role of a farm wife should not come as a surprise to me, and yet it is vastly different being a child on a farm, looking back with somewhat rose tinted glasses, and being ‘her indoors’ and living the reality of a farm wife and mother.įarming is not 9 to 5, at no point is a farmer ever truly ‘finished work’ and so their contribution indoors can be very limited. And yet there is so much to potentially rage against, not because what Lorna writes is incorrect but actually because she is so spot on in her observations. There is so much to love about this book, it is funny and witty, it is practical and it is wise. I was even more impressed to see my name in the acknowledgements, a very prized return for my small contribution.Īnd because, as the chief farmer mentioned, there was potential for improvement, I couldn’t wait to get reading.
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