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Graft

Motherhood, Family and a Year on the Land

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Graft

By: Maggie MacKellar
Narrated by: Maggie MacKellar
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In my mind I walk over the land. I run my hands through the grass as if it were the hair on my head. I dig my fingers into the dirt as if the soil were the crust of my skin.

In Graft, Maggie MacKellar describes a year on a Merino wool farm on the east coast of Tasmania, and all of life - and death - that surrounds her through the cycle of lambing seasons. She gives us the land she knows and loves, the lambs she cares for, the ewes she tries to save, the birds around her, and the dogs and horses she adores.

This book is a stunning thanksgiving for a place and a moment in motherhood; and a timely reminder of the inescapable elemental laws of nature.

©2023 Maggie MacKellar (P)2023 Penguin Random House Australia Audio Diaries & Journals Memoirs, Diaries & Correspondence Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science
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All the ugliness, beauty and truth of life on the land in Australia. A must listen/read!

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So enjoyable - I loved every word, so carefully chosen, depicting Maggie’s life on the farm.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.