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John Connell

Biography

John Connell

John Connell's work has been published in Granta's New Irish Writing issue. His memoir, THE FARMER'S SON, was a #1 bestseller in Ireland. He lives on his family farm, Birchview, in County Longford, Ireland.

John Connell

Books by John Connell

by John Connell - Memoir, Nonfiction

Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade away, he finds himself back on the farm. Connell records the hypnotic rhythm of the farming day --- cleaning the barns, caring for the herd, tending to sickly lambs, helping the cows give birth. Alongside the routine events, there are the unforeseen moments when things go wrong: when a calf fails to thrive, when a sheep goes missing, when illness breaks out, when an argument between father and son erupts and things are said that cannot be unsaid.