Big Pig, Little Pig

A Year on a Smallholding in South-West France

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Animals, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Jacqueline Yallop ISBN: 9780241977149
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: July 6, 2017
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: Jacqueline Yallop
ISBN: 9780241977149
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: July 6, 2017
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week

'A delightful and entertaining memoir' Woman and Home

When Jacqueline moves to south-west France with her husband, she embraces rural village life and buys two pigs to rear for slaughter. But as she gets to know the animals better, her English sentimentality threatens to get in the way and she begins to wonder if she can actually bring herself to kill them. This is a memoir about that fateful decision, but it's also about the ethics of meat eating in the modern age, and whether we should know, respect and even love the animals we eat.

At its heart, this book is a love story, exploring the increasing attachment of the author for her particular pigs, and celebrating the enduring closeness of humans and pigs over the centuries.

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As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week

'A delightful and entertaining memoir' Woman and Home

When Jacqueline moves to south-west France with her husband, she embraces rural village life and buys two pigs to rear for slaughter. But as she gets to know the animals better, her English sentimentality threatens to get in the way and she begins to wonder if she can actually bring herself to kill them. This is a memoir about that fateful decision, but it's also about the ethics of meat eating in the modern age, and whether we should know, respect and even love the animals we eat.

At its heart, this book is a love story, exploring the increasing attachment of the author for her particular pigs, and celebrating the enduring closeness of humans and pigs over the centuries.

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