Description
Description
The early years memoir of a woman who dedicated her life to transforming food and farming, The Boys’ Team is an unflinching account of life and death in rural England through the ’60s and ’70s, seen through the eyes of the child and young adult. It’s a love story too; love of the land and its inhabitants, including the people who inspired and enabled her farming and campaigning future.
Contents
- Introduction
- Key people
- Prologue
- Part One, 1961–1973
- 1. Awakening
- 2. Raw in tooth and claw
- 3. Sheep
- 4. The luck of the draw
- 5. Earning our keep
- 6. Women farmers
- 7. The thrill of the chase
- Part Two, 1976–1981
- 8. Sheep sales
- 9. Proving a point
- 10. Teenage angst
- 11. The summer of ’78
- 12. The problem with girls
- 13. Failure
- 14. Aftermath
- 15. A cow’s life
- 16. The mothering sort
- 17. Hope springs eternal
- 18. Summer
- PART THREE, 1981–1986
- 19. Breaking free
- 20. Looking for land
- 21. Farmer school
- 22. Health and austerity
- 23. Trials and tribulations
- 24. Coming home
The Independent –
A woman who won’t be cowed in the war against titan farms
The Guardian –
Pioneering