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Pigs in Clover

Or How I Accidentally Fell in Love with the Good Life

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Pigs in Clover

By: Simon Dawson
Narrated by: Ben Allen
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About this listen

This is the true story of a Londoner who gives up his job as an estate agent in the city, moves to the wilds of Exmoor, starts a smallholding and becomes self-sufficient, with a few bumps along the way.

Simon's journey from urbanite to self-sufficient smallholder is brimming with incidents - some funny and some tragic - leading him to question Mother Nature, himself, the food he eats and his role in it all. Which makes the transition from city life to self-sufficient smallholder slow, emotional and, for him, often confusing, but it is also beautiful, warming and laugh-out-loud funny.

So if you would like to spend time with an accidental smallholder who completely changed one drunken night in Devon, then join Simon, his wife and their extended family as they learn the truth of what it takes to live a self-sufficient life before eventually becoming as happy as the proverbial pigs in clover.

©2015 Simon Dawson (P)2015 Soundings Environmentalists & Naturalists Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Professionals & Academics Relationships Science City Funny Homesteading Heartfelt Witty Feel-Good Gardening Outdoor

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This is one of the best audio books I’ve bought in ages! Beautifully written, perfectly narrated, and so hilarious that it made me belly laugh (out loud) quite regularly. I’ve fallen in love with all the people and animals, and am feeling slightly bereft now I’ve finished it!

My only complaint was that it kept making me laugh when I was drifting off to sleep!!

Absolutely perfect in every way!

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A book of finding oneself, both in sense of where am I going, how did I get here but most of all the sense of finding home. Well worth a read.

An unusual but a lovely book

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throughly entertaining . highly recommended for laugh out loud stories and poignant moments. loved it.

a real tonic of a book

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Best narrator yet. No annoying cadence to deal with! Great story, not sure what the extensive innuendo added. Enjoyable all the same, very realistic.

Slow starter but worth it

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Loved this book from beginning to end. I could imagine myself being there while the author/narrator was reading it. I'm off now to listen to the follow up.

Great book

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Great story. Simon, if you read these reviews, I was rooting for you and Debbie all the way through.

Just the thing

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Compelling read, particularly for those of us who work in London and live in the country.

Exceelet and honest story

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What a fantastic listen. True ups and downs of country life. From estate agent to the country life.

I couldn’t stop listening to this made all the better as I met Simon and Debbie as I did a Pig Butchery course with them so was great to learn more about their trials and tribulations.

Looking forward to the new books in 2019 especially the butter one as Simon was finishing this as I was on the butchery course.

Top top read or listen on audible.

What a fantastic listen. True ups and downs of country life

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Where does Pigs in Clover rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's definitely up near the top; a warm story, a great narrator

What was one of the most memorable moments of Pigs in Clover?

I think the sad ones stick with me as there's much hilarity that carries the whole way through but the lows are brought home and contrast against the constant happiness brought on by the author's relationship with the pigs.

What does Ben Allen bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I think that the narrator has a great talent for bringing the warmth and humour to life and really made the book for me.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The first time the pigs are taken off for slaughter; I definitely understood why but felt the tension in the decision

A Wonderful Performance of a Great Book

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Some parts made me laugh out loud others made me cry. Brilliant characters animal and human.

Emotive

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