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title:	Spotted Pigs and Green Tomatoes: A Year in the Life of Our Farm
author:	Rosie Boycott
format:	Paperback	Prices compared at 09:33 AM 13/10/08 About pricing data
publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
released:	June 2, 2008
isbn:	0747590311
isbn-13:	9780747590316

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Customer Reviews
What rubbish! - Rated I was extremely disappointed by this book! I bought it thinking I was going to be told about a smallholding and the experiences the author had in developing this. Instead I had bought a self indulgent rant by a woman playing at "farms". The style of writing is incredibly irritating, the way she pumps money into her toy is nauseating and her real agenda is to get on her soapbox and slam a major supermarket. Well, be honest if that is the case and write a book against supermarkets without dressing it up as something else. That way I would not have wasted my money! So - buy this if you do not like Tesco!! All about Rosie Boycott - Rated This book was a huge disappointment. I was expecting to read an interesting account of a year in the life of a smallholding (as described on the cover). Instead it is an incredibly self-indulgent account of Rosie Boycott. Wow! This woman is a legend in her own mind! Avoid. Worthy testament to Tesco tyranny - Rated As someone who was born and brought up in Ilminster, I remember it as the happy, friendly little market town that it was - where you knew the shopkeepers by name and always bumped into someone you knew during the Saturday morning shop. Ms Boycott's description of Tesco's bullying, and the spinelessness of the town council, is desperately upsetting. These people will have destroyed the town's personality and social framework for ever - all because of their greed. I agree the book is not perfect, but as a record of ths scandalous arrogance of Tesco, it is a worthy effort. A really good read! - Rated I fully enjoyed Rosie's book. If you are looking for a book that tells you how to rear pigs or grow veg then this will not be for you, but then this is not what the book is about. Although you will learn some of the problems there are with animals and crops, the book is mainly about the highs and lows that there are when undertaking a project such as this. It reads almost as though one is having a conversation with someone at a get together. You want to know why they are where they are, and what happened to them on the journey. Rosie answers your questions as you read on in the book, and you learn of the pitfalls and the problems, both of the smallholding and of human nature in the society that surrounds such a commitment. I thoroughly recommend it! Disjointed ramblings - Rated Very disappointed by this book. Excellent premise but very poor execution. Didn't like the humourless and pontificating style. The author waffles on about anything that comes into her head - for example suddenly talking for 6 pages about visiting a cathedral or about her husband's job as a child abuse lawyer or about some bloke she met 3 years ago etc. These things have nothing to do with the subject of the book - i.e. "Our Farm"! It is not an autobiography. I also found it nauseating that the author didn't seem very genuine about the subject. They are basically second-homers, sinking tens of thousands into a 'little project in the country' while continuing to travel to London to work. There is really nothing useful to learn from the book - no useful facts or tips about running the farm.

Customer Reviews

What rubbish! - Rated 1/5
I was extremely disappointed by this book! I bought it thinking I was going to be told about a smallholding and the experiences the author had in developing this. Instead I had bought a self indulgent rant by a woman playing at "farms". The style of writing is incredibly irritating, the way she pumps money into her toy is nauseating and her real agenda is to get on her soapbox and slam a major supermarket. Well, be honest if that is the case and write a book against supermarkets without dressing it up as something else. That way I would not have wasted my money! So - buy this if you do not like Tesco!!

All about Rosie Boycott - Rated 1/5
This book was a huge disappointment.

I was expecting to read an interesting account of a year in the life of a smallholding (as described on the cover). Instead it is an incredibly self-indulgent account of Rosie Boycott. Wow! This woman is a legend in her own mind!

Avoid.

Worthy testament to Tesco tyranny - Rated 4/5
As someone who was born and brought up in Ilminster, I remember it as the happy, friendly little market town that it was - where you knew the shopkeepers by name and always bumped into someone you knew during the Saturday morning shop. Ms Boycott's description of Tesco's bullying, and the spinelessness of the town council, is desperately upsetting. These people will have destroyed the town's personality and social framework for ever - all because of their greed. I agree the book is not perfect, but as a record of ths scandalous arrogance of Tesco, it is a worthy effort.

A really good read! - Rated 5/5
I fully enjoyed Rosie's book. If you are looking for a book that tells you how to rear pigs or grow veg then this will not be for you, but then this is not what the book is about. Although you will learn some of the problems there are with animals and crops, the book is mainly about the highs and lows that there are when undertaking a project such as this.

It reads almost as though one is having a conversation with someone at a get together. You want to know why they are where they are, and what happened to them on the journey. Rosie answers your questions as you read on in the book, and you learn of the pitfalls and the problems, both of the smallholding and of human nature in the society that surrounds such a commitment.

I thoroughly recommend it!

Disjointed ramblings - Rated 2/5
Very disappointed by this book. Excellent premise but very poor execution. Didn't like the humourless and pontificating style. The author waffles on about anything that comes into her head - for example suddenly talking for 6 pages about visiting a cathedral or about her husband's job as a child abuse lawyer or about some bloke she met 3 years ago etc. These things have nothing to do with the subject of the book - i.e. "Our Farm"! It is not an autobiography.

I also found it nauseating that the author didn't seem very genuine about the subject. They are basically second-homers, sinking tens of thousands into a 'little project in the country' while continuing to travel to London to work. There is really nothing useful to learn from the book - no useful facts or tips about running the farm.