{"product_id":"my-father-and-other-animals-how-i-took-on-the-family-farm","title":"My Father and Other Animals: How I Took on the Family Farm","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA moving and hilarious fish-out-of-water memoir of a millennial leaving his inner-city life to work on the family farm.\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e '\u003ci\u003eMy Father and Other Animals\u003c\/i\u003e is a warm, surprising and beautifully crafted book.' -Billy Griffiths, author of \u003ci\u003eDeep Time Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWinner, Prime Minister's Literary Award for Nonfiction 2023\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam Vincent is a twenty-something writer living in the inner suburbs, scrabbling to make ends meet, when he gets a call from his mother: his father has stuck his hand in a woodchipper, but 'not to worry - it wasn't like that scene in \u003ci\u003eFargo \u003c\/i\u003eor anything'. When Sam returns to the family farm to help out, his life takes a new and unexpected direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sam Vincent probes deeply into some of the biggest issues of our time ... This book is a celebration of the love of land and builds bridges of understanding that will appeal to a broad cross section of readers.' -Judges' comments, Prime Minister's Literary Awards\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eMy Father and Other Animals\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful tale of legacy, family, and a millennial finding his place in the world.' -Samuel Bernard, \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend Australian\u003c\/i\u003e 'Notable Books'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'For any reader desiring to understand contemporary rural Australia, this entertaining and important book is a must-read.' -Charles Massy, author of\u003ci\u003e Call of the Reed Warbler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Bloody hilarious and salt-of-the-earth heartwarming, \u003ci\u003eMy Father and Other Animals\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolute treasure of a book.' -Anna Krien, author of \u003ci\u003eAct of Grace, Night Games\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInto the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Sam Vincent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516590653501,"sku":null,"price":28.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781760644840.jpg?v=1787558601","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/my-father-and-other-animals-how-i-took-on-the-family-farm","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}