Facing up to Father - by David Worlock (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>A Cotswold farm is the setting for a classic struggle of wills. Funny and touching, shocking and cruel, this engrossing memoir is the story of a son's journey to find his father's heart.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>'Farmers in my childhood were as anxious for a male heir as any Tudor monarch securing dynastic succession.'</em></p><p>A small Cotswold farm </strong><strong>is the setting for a classic struggle of wills. </strong></p><p>Robert Worlock, eccentric and demanding, resolutely maintains the old ways, determined above all to make his son into a farmer fit to take over the family acres. </p><p>His son, David, is equally determined not to be bullied into something he neither wants nor likes. His childhood becomes a battleground: can he find a way to make his father love him without denying his right to determine his own life?</p><p>Sometimes heart-rending, sometimes amusing, always elegantly written and deeply honest, this account of a young man finding himself in the most difficult of circumstances deserves to take its place among the great childhood memoirs.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>'<strong>Engaging and entertaining ... A lost world brought vividly back to life</strong>.' Richard Beard, author of <em>The Day That Went Missing</em></p><br>
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