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Miranda France, we're told, "grew up on a farm not unlike Hill Farm", and she has set this novel in the early 1970s, when she would have been roughly the age of the children in the story. The wisdom of the advice "write about what you know" has reaped dividends here.
Although she confesses to seeking advice about certain aspects of breeding cattle, her first-hand experience of rural living is something that no amount of research could unearth, and the authenticity of her depiction of life on a farm anchors this tale firmly in reality.See the full content of this document
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Hill Farm takes place at a time when Britain has joined the Common Market, farmers are filling in endless a...
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