In this, her third book for Woodfield, Josephine Duggan Rees takes a light-hearted look at her experiences of family life and motherhood in the 1950s-80s.
In 1952 her husband became a farm manager and for the ensuing 27 years they lived in a rambling farmhouse in the heart of the Sussex countryside, raising an energetic family of four boys whilst overseeing the running of a large arable and livestock farm.
The frequently comical trials and tribulations of their life on the farm – involving a retinue of colourful rural characters and a menagerie of assorted dogs, cats and horses – are delightfully depicted in a gently humorous style that will be familiar to readers who have already enjoyed Corduroy Days, Josephine’s entertaining account of her experiences in the Women’s Land Army during World War II.