Summary
Emma lives alone in a big farmhouse with her animals for company: she talks to her chickens, cuddles up to her pigs in the sty and caresses her cows. But she also must make a living from her livestock, selling meat and making sausages. For Emma, it’s all part of a natural process, and she does her best to give the pigs a short and sweet death, having developed her very own way of killing her pigs most tenderly.
For all her happiness on the farm, there are two things in Emma’s life she…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719521010 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0719521017 |
| Author: | Claudia Schreiber, Anthea Bell |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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The myth of the bucolic idyll … Emma’s Luck presents … the fortunes of solitary farm girl Emma who longs for a man to join her happy family of contented chickens, loving pigs and generous cows - Observer
Take on the challenge of reading this book with dry eyes! - U MagazineAbout The Author
Claudia Schreiber
Claudia Schreiber lives and works in Cologne. Emma’s Luck is her first novel.
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