{"product_id":"2940170233076","title":"The Farmer's Son: Calving Season on a Family Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd's Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a poignant memoir - and number-one Irish best seller - about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFarming 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. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConnell 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. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Farmer's Son\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a calving season, and the story of a man who emerges from depression to find hope in the place he least expected to find it. It is the story of Connell's life as a farmer, and of his relationship with the community of County Longford, with his faith, with the animals he tends, and, above all, with his father.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104865370352,"sku":"2940170233076","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170233076_p0.jpg?v=1763706178","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170233076","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}