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The Lambing Season: Stories of Life on an Irish Family Farm

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A hymn to the rituals of farming life from the bestselling Irish author of The Farmer's Son.

For John Connell, the lambing season on his County Longford farm begins in the autumn. In the sheep shed, he surveys the dozen females in his care and contemplates the work ahead as the season slowly turns to winter, then spring.

The twelve sheep have come into his life at just the right moment. After years of hard work, John felt a deep tiredness creeping up on him, a sadness that he couldn't shrug...