Antonia Murphy
Autore di Dirty Chick: Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer
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Antonia Murphy is a psychotherapist and supervisor with over twenty-five years of clinical experience in the NHS, the third sector, and private practice. As well as her clinical work, Antonia managed the primary care counselling service in Derbyshire from 1998-2006, and was a founding director of mostra altro CPC. Antonia works in private practice in Nottingham. mostra meno
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mcpl.wausau | 31 altre recensioni | Sep 25, 2017 | I received this book as a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.
In recent years when my dad was dying or when my daughter was in the hospital, I switched from reading my usual fare to things like [b:Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|5975656|Goat Song A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|Brad Kessler|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347457109s/5975656.jpg|6148894] or [b:The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love|7841677|The Dirty Life On Farming, Food, and Love|Kristin Kimball|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1277929135s/7841677.jpg|10935145]. These were lovely books but I read them in part because I was reasonably certain Nothing Bad would Happen to character I'd invested in. (Some might invest themselves in the animals who I knew from the beginning might get eaten so I understand I'm speaking only for myself.) These got me through tough moments by allowing me to escape safely.
Despite the fact that none of my family members are endangered, when Dirty Chick arrived I started reading it right away. While it has some elements in common with the other books about "city folk" who gave up the urban life to go farm in the middle of nowhere with little or no experience, Antonia Murphy was clearly always an adventure waiting to happen and it shows in this work from the beginning. The prologue is a meditation on watching a goat eat her placenta (the goat's, not Murphy's) and then moves briskly into the incident which Murphy believes will keep her from ever owning an animal again: while Murphy is house sitting for her father and stepmother, one of their chickens is sexually assaulted by their duck and dies as a result.
And the pace picks up from there. She and her husband, houseboat dwellers in the San Francisco area, end up sailing across the ocean to New Zealand where they end up farming a variety of animals including alpacas, chickens, goats and sheep with all the chaos that implies. They also raise their two children: Silas, who turns up with a developmental delay, and Miranda, who is as verbal as her brother is not and can be counted upon to say exactly the wrong thing at exactly the right time, and make a place for themselves in the community.
There is "language" as they say and she does not hold back on describing the maladies that can befall livestock, most involving their bottoms, so that might not be for the faint of heart. This was a quick read and I enjoyed all of it.… (altro)
In recent years when my dad was dying or when my daughter was in the hospital, I switched from reading my usual fare to things like [b:Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|5975656|Goat Song A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|Brad Kessler|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347457109s/5975656.jpg|6148894] or [b:The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love|7841677|The Dirty Life On Farming, Food, and Love|Kristin Kimball|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1277929135s/7841677.jpg|10935145]. These were lovely books but I read them in part because I was reasonably certain Nothing Bad would Happen to character I'd invested in. (Some might invest themselves in the animals who I knew from the beginning might get eaten so I understand I'm speaking only for myself.) These got me through tough moments by allowing me to escape safely.
Despite the fact that none of my family members are endangered, when Dirty Chick arrived I started reading it right away. While it has some elements in common with the other books about "city folk" who gave up the urban life to go farm in the middle of nowhere with little or no experience, Antonia Murphy was clearly always an adventure waiting to happen and it shows in this work from the beginning. The prologue is a meditation on watching a goat eat her placenta (the goat's, not Murphy's) and then moves briskly into the incident which Murphy believes will keep her from ever owning an animal again: while Murphy is house sitting for her father and stepmother, one of their chickens is sexually assaulted by their duck and dies as a result.
And the pace picks up from there. She and her husband, houseboat dwellers in the San Francisco area, end up sailing across the ocean to New Zealand where they end up farming a variety of animals including alpacas, chickens, goats and sheep with all the chaos that implies. They also raise their two children: Silas, who turns up with a developmental delay, and Miranda, who is as verbal as her brother is not and can be counted upon to say exactly the wrong thing at exactly the right time, and make a place for themselves in the community.
There is "language" as they say and she does not hold back on describing the maladies that can befall livestock, most involving their bottoms, so that might not be for the faint of heart. This was a quick read and I enjoyed all of it.… (altro)
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CydMelcher | 31 altre recensioni | Feb 5, 2016 | I received this book as a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.
In recent years when my dad was dying or when my daughter was in the hospital, I switched from reading my usual fare to things like [b:Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|5975656|Goat Song A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|Brad Kessler|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347457109s/5975656.jpg|6148894] or [b:The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love|7841677|The Dirty Life On Farming, Food, and Love|Kristin Kimball|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1277929135s/7841677.jpg|10935145]. These were lovely books but I read them in part because I was reasonably certain Nothing Bad would Happen to character I'd invested in. (Some might invest themselves in the animals who I knew from the beginning might get eaten so I understand I'm speaking only for myself.) These got me through tough moments by allowing me to escape safely.
Despite the fact that none of my family members are endangered, when Dirty Chick arrived I started reading it right away. While it has some elements in common with the other books about "city folk" who gave up the urban life to go farm in the middle of nowhere with little or no experience, Antonia Murphy was clearly always an adventure waiting to happen and it shows in this work from the beginning. The prologue is a meditation on watching a goat eat her placenta (the goat's, not Murphy's) and then moves briskly into the incident which Murphy believes will keep her from ever owning an animal again: while Murphy is house sitting for her father and stepmother, one of their chickens is sexually assaulted by their duck and dies as a result.
And the pace picks up from there. She and her husband, houseboat dwellers in the San Francisco area, end up sailing across the ocean to New Zealand where they end up farming a variety of animals including alpacas, chickens, goats and sheep with all the chaos that implies. They also raise their two children: Silas, who turns up with a developmental delay, and Miranda, who is as verbal as her brother is not and can be counted upon to say exactly the wrong thing at exactly the right time, and make a place for themselves in the community.
There is "language" as they say and she does not hold back on describing the maladies that can befall livestock, most involving their bottoms, so that might not be for the faint of heart. This was a quick read and I enjoyed all of it.… (altro)
In recent years when my dad was dying or when my daughter was in the hospital, I switched from reading my usual fare to things like [b:Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|5975656|Goat Song A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|Brad Kessler|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347457109s/5975656.jpg|6148894] or [b:The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love|7841677|The Dirty Life On Farming, Food, and Love|Kristin Kimball|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1277929135s/7841677.jpg|10935145]. These were lovely books but I read them in part because I was reasonably certain Nothing Bad would Happen to character I'd invested in. (Some might invest themselves in the animals who I knew from the beginning might get eaten so I understand I'm speaking only for myself.) These got me through tough moments by allowing me to escape safely.
Despite the fact that none of my family members are endangered, when Dirty Chick arrived I started reading it right away. While it has some elements in common with the other books about "city folk" who gave up the urban life to go farm in the middle of nowhere with little or no experience, Antonia Murphy was clearly always an adventure waiting to happen and it shows in this work from the beginning. The prologue is a meditation on watching a goat eat her placenta (the goat's, not Murphy's) and then moves briskly into the incident which Murphy believes will keep her from ever owning an animal again: while Murphy is house sitting for her father and stepmother, one of their chickens is sexually assaulted by their duck and dies as a result.
And the pace picks up from there. She and her husband, houseboat dwellers in the San Francisco area, end up sailing across the ocean to New Zealand where they end up farming a variety of animals including alpacas, chickens, goats and sheep with all the chaos that implies. They also raise their two children: Silas, who turns up with a developmental delay, and Miranda, who is as verbal as her brother is not and can be counted upon to say exactly the wrong thing at exactly the right time, and make a place for themselves in the community.
There is "language" as they say and she does not hold back on describing the maladies that can befall livestock, most involving their bottoms, so that might not be for the faint of heart. This was a quick read and I enjoyed all of it.… (altro)
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CydMelcher | 31 altre recensioni | Feb 5, 2016 | I received this book as a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.
In recent years when my dad was dying or when my daughter was in the hospital, I switched from reading my usual fare to things like [b:Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|5975656|Goat Song A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|Brad Kessler|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347457109s/5975656.jpg|6148894] or [b:The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love|7841677|The Dirty Life On Farming, Food, and Love|Kristin Kimball|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1277929135s/7841677.jpg|10935145]. These were lovely books but I read them in part because I was reasonably certain Nothing Bad would Happen to character I'd invested in. (Some might invest themselves in the animals who I knew from the beginning might get eaten so I understand I'm speaking only for myself.) These got me through tough moments by allowing me to escape safely.
Despite the fact that none of my family members are endangered, when Dirty Chick arrived I started reading it right away. While it has some elements in common with the other books about "city folk" who gave up the urban life to go farm in the middle of nowhere with little or no experience, Antonia Murphy was clearly always an adventure waiting to happen and it shows in this work from the beginning. The prologue is a meditation on watching a goat eat her placenta (the goat's, not Murphy's) and then moves briskly into the incident which Murphy believes will keep her from ever owning an animal again: while Murphy is house sitting for her father and stepmother, one of their chickens is sexually assaulted by their duck and dies as a result.
And the pace picks up from there. She and her husband, houseboat dwellers in the San Francisco area, end up sailing across the ocean to New Zealand where they end up farming a variety of animals including alpacas, chickens, goats and sheep with all the chaos that implies. They also raise their two children: Silas, who turns up with a developmental delay, and Miranda, who is as verbal as her brother is not and can be counted upon to say exactly the wrong thing at exactly the right time, and make a place for themselves in the community.
There is "language" as they say and she does not hold back on describing the maladies that can befall livestock, most involving their bottoms, so that might not be for the faint of heart. This was a quick read and I enjoyed all of it.… (altro)
In recent years when my dad was dying or when my daughter was in the hospital, I switched from reading my usual fare to things like [b:Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|5975656|Goat Song A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese|Brad Kessler|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347457109s/5975656.jpg|6148894] or [b:The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love|7841677|The Dirty Life On Farming, Food, and Love|Kristin Kimball|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1277929135s/7841677.jpg|10935145]. These were lovely books but I read them in part because I was reasonably certain Nothing Bad would Happen to character I'd invested in. (Some might invest themselves in the animals who I knew from the beginning might get eaten so I understand I'm speaking only for myself.) These got me through tough moments by allowing me to escape safely.
Despite the fact that none of my family members are endangered, when Dirty Chick arrived I started reading it right away. While it has some elements in common with the other books about "city folk" who gave up the urban life to go farm in the middle of nowhere with little or no experience, Antonia Murphy was clearly always an adventure waiting to happen and it shows in this work from the beginning. The prologue is a meditation on watching a goat eat her placenta (the goat's, not Murphy's) and then moves briskly into the incident which Murphy believes will keep her from ever owning an animal again: while Murphy is house sitting for her father and stepmother, one of their chickens is sexually assaulted by their duck and dies as a result.
And the pace picks up from there. She and her husband, houseboat dwellers in the San Francisco area, end up sailing across the ocean to New Zealand where they end up farming a variety of animals including alpacas, chickens, goats and sheep with all the chaos that implies. They also raise their two children: Silas, who turns up with a developmental delay, and Miranda, who is as verbal as her brother is not and can be counted upon to say exactly the wrong thing at exactly the right time, and make a place for themselves in the community.
There is "language" as they say and she does not hold back on describing the maladies that can befall livestock, most involving their bottoms, so that might not be for the faint of heart. This was a quick read and I enjoyed all of it.… (altro)
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CydMelcher | 31 altre recensioni | Feb 5, 2016 | Statistiche
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