The Broken Furrow: The Tale of a Welsh Farmer in Canada

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. 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 ...