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The Secret Life of Cows (with Foreword by Alan Bennett)
This farmer’s observations of her herd is a rediscovered gem and a Sunday Times bestseller.
‘Delightful . . . it alters the way one looks at the world.’ – Alan Bennett
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Summary
*As featured on Only Connect *
**A Sunday Times bestseller**
***A Times Book of the Year***
WITH A FOREWORD BY ALAN BENNETT
‘A lovely, thoughtful little book about the intelligence of cows.’ James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd’s Life
Cows are as varied as people. They can be highly intelligent or slow to understand, vain, considerate, proud, shy or inventive.
Although much of a cow’s day is spent eating, they always find time for extra-curricular activities such as babysitting, playing hide and seek, blackberry-picking or fighting a tree.
This is an affectionate record of a hitherto secret world.
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Utterly beguiling.
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Illuminating.
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A small classic.
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An extraordinary book about cows and how they live; they have family groups and they certainly have friends.
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A delightful, spry and neatly crafted book.
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No one who has read her book will look at cows in the same light again.
RosamundYoung
Rosamund Young is the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Cows, which was named a Times Book of the Year. She farmed alongside her brother Richard until his recent, untimely death and now runs Kite’s Nest Farm with her partner Gareth. Nature is left to itself as much as possible and the animals receive exceptional kindness and consideration. The…
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