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Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga
- A Not So Perfect Tree Change
- Narrated by: Josh Brennan
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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'Once I was the poster boy for corporate success, but now I’m crashing through the bush in a storm in search of a missing pig. How the hell did we end up here?'
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- Anonymous User
- 14-06-2020
Fabulous fabulous fabulous
I loved this story, a relatable wonderful story of change, persistence and a lot of fun. well worth reading
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- bonniep
- 10-10-2019
Fantastic. So funny. Adorable writer.
I loved this book from start to finish. Hoping Todd writes an update to their story very soon.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-09-2020
I really enjoyed this story.
A light and funny book. Reminded me a bit of 'My Family and Other Animals ' by Gerald Durrell.
Unlike most books that start strong and often loose momentum this one starts a little slower but picks up.
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- vrtjane
- 15-04-2019
Full of fun and giggles
Had me chuckling aloud on more than one occasion. Highly recommend, especially if you’re ever dreamt of a tree change.
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- jane hutcheson
- 06-08-2020
enchanting!
loved this book so much happiness is within us all its a choice and its a priviledge we all deserve
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- L-Ka
- 06-09-2020
Sweet and relatable story
I enjoyed this book way more than I expected. The author really does a good job of describing their experiences of their journey in a relatable and funny way. It is lovely to listen to them make their mistakes and feeling judged by their new community and how they deal with it by persisting to achieve their goal. It makes you want to go out and visit them!
Just browsing through some of the reviews and everybody who whines about the “vegan rant”: wake up! This man is just explaining why HE decided to go vegan and what that has meant for him and his lifestyle. If you think this is a rant, you clearly have never been on the receiving end of a rant before! Just because he makes a solid argument and you can’t deal with it, doesn’t mean you have to put him and his book down.
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- Marion
- 25-04-2019
Sight over Sound
A friend reccomended the hard cover to me, so thought I would Audible it. I can see the “laugh out loud” moments, but I really think you would get more entertainment by reading it yourself. When listening to certain situations in the book, I think an imaginative visual rather than the actual audio you hear.....
Does that even make sense??? I just think it’s better hard cover than listening
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- Raelene
- 24-07-2020
Great and Entertaining
Loved this book, the narration of the book made listening to these chapters more enjoyable. The tales or entertaining but one can picture these events as they seem so realistic.
Definitely worth a read / listen. Can't wait for the next book.
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- Carrin
- 29-07-2020
LOL funny
I absolutely loved this book! such a great memoir and oh sooooo funny! great narration as well!
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- delia
- 07-08-2020
very entertaining
All l can think is now we are in the middle of a pandemic l hope you guys are ok and all is going well for you - thanks for the book just the thing for a winters day in the middle of lockdown
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