Talking Books Book Club from uLibrary
Join the Talking Books Book Club from uLibrary, every month there is a great new title to listen to.
This month's title is Akenfield by Ronald Blythe. A deeply evocative oral history that celebrates the dignity of everyday lives and the enduring spirit of the countryside.
Akenfield by Ronald Blythe
Originally published in 1969, Akenfield forms a unique document of a way of life that has, i many ways, disappeared. It reverberates with voices of survivors of the Great War evoking days gone by and reflects the concerns of a younger generation of farm workers during the second agricultural revolution - the land producing more but employing fewer men. It is a penetrating, unprejudiced, caring account of rural life, tapping into a variety of contemporary concerns about agriculture, the environment and the destruction of the traditional countryside.
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If you enjoyed Akenfield, next you should listen to
- The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker by Annie Gray
- The Bookseller at the end of the world by Ruth Shaw
- Time to Heal by Michael Dixon
