The Year of the Farmer
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The Year of the Farmer
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Narrated by:
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Caroline Lee
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By:
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Rosalie Ham
About this listen
In a quiet farming town somewhere in country New South Wales, war is brewing.
The last few years have been punishingly dry, especially for the farmers, but otherwise, it's all Neralie Mackintosh's fault. If she'd never left town then her ex, the hapless but extremely eligible Mitchell Bishop, would never have fallen into the clutches of the truly awful Mandy, who now lords it over everyone as if she owns the place.
So, now that Neralie has returned to run the local pub, the whole town is determined to reinstate her to her rightful position in the social order. But Mandy Bishop has other ideas. Meanwhile the head of the local water board - Glenys 'Gravedigger' Dingle - is looking for a way to line her pockets at the expense of hardworking farmers already up to their eyes in debt. And Mandy and Neralie's war may be just the chance she was looking for...
A darkly satirical novel of a small country town battling the elements and one another, from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker.
Critic Reviews
"Rosalie Ham deftly sharpens the razor edge between comedy and tragedy. The Year of the Farmer is a book that delights, appals but never waivers in its brutal honesty. If you didn't laugh, you'd cry." (Sue Maslin, producer of The Dressmaker)
"Where Ham excels - is in her delineation of small-town communities...And her keen eye for the ridiculous, for the pretensions and prejudices we all share, means that her writing is nothing short of entertaining. But what is most striking about The Year of the Farmer is how timely a novel it is, offering as it does an insight into the predicament of those who live on the land, their fates a hostage not just to the fortunes of nature but also to the narrow-minded and self-serving interests of government." (The Australian)
"A tightly plotted, highly entertaining romp that poses some big questions." (The Saturday Paper)
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- lal67
- 17-10-2018
enjoyable
Set the speed to x1.25 otherwise it’s very slow. A bit dark in places and a bit sad too. I enjoyed it.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-02-2024
speed up to 1.2
I didnt enjoy the narrator until I sped it up slightly to 1.2 and suddenly it was perfect!!! Great Aussie story, all about small-town small minds current issues and the human condition
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- Claire
- 21-04-2021
boring. didn't go beyond a few hours
not engaging at all. returned unfinished with no regrets. Life is too short for a book like this
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 21-11-2018
hard going
This book was a very slow build and felt a bit repetative. Maybe better written than read? I don't think the satire came across.
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