Comment's on 'The Farm'

“The Benson family story was identical to my brother’s who has been a pig farmer in Yorkshire all his adult life.”
“The discussions about the weather reminded me of my father. He worked with agricultural machinery and was in regular contact with farmers. Talking about the weather was crucial to the farmer’s way of life.”
“The writing flowed easily. Short chapters beautifully written.”
“Reading this book was like listening to the “Archers”. It made you realise that the plots and story lines in the “Archers” were based on real life on a farm.”
“It read like fiction rather than non-fiction.”
“It was an important record of a way of life that it is fast disappearing.”
“The relationship between the two brothers was interesting.”
“The family were an intimate unit. Relationships that the siblings might have had were rarely mentioned.”
“I liked the fact that the community all helped each other.”

Further Reading:-
‘Running for the Hills’ by Horatio Clare

Review of The Farm by Richard Benson

Richard Benson the author was brought up on a farm but does not take to farming. In fact he is a liability. He leaves for London to work as a journalist and returns following a call from his dad with news that they need to sell the farm which the Benson farm has worked for generations.
I must confess that I struggled with this book and at one time almost put it down. The first half was I thought pretty boring. Very slowly like the pace of the book it improved. I did however enjoy the relationship between Richard and his younger brother Guy and it did open my eyes to the power of the supermarkets and the plight of the modern day farmer