USA title: Home to Woefield Woefield Farm is a sprawling thirty acres of scrub land, complete with dilapidated buildings and one half-sheared, lonely sheep named Bertie. It’s “run”—in the loosest possible sense of the word—by Prudence Burns, an energetic, well-intentioned twenty-something New Yorker full of back-to-the-land ideals, but without an iota of related skills or experience. Prudence, who inherited the farm from her uncle, soon discovers that the bank is about to foreclose on Woefield Farm, which means that she has to turn things around, fast. But fear not! She’ll be assisted by Earl, a spry seventy-something, banjo-playing foreman with a distrust of newfangled ideas and a substantial family secret; Seth, the alcoholic, celebrity-blogging boy-next-door who hasn’t left the house since a scandal with his high school drama teacher; and Sara Spratt, a highly organized eleven-year-old looking for a home for her prize-winning chickens, including one particularly randy fellow soon to be christened Alec Baldwin. Full of off-beat charm and characters you won’t soon forget, The Woefield Poultry Collective is a heartwarming novel about learning how to take on a challenge, facing your fears and finding friendship in the most unlikely of places.
Woefield Series
This series follows a determined woman who inherits a struggling farm and races against time to save it from foreclosure. She assembles a quirky, yet loyal, team of neighbors and friends, each with their own secrets and motivations. Together, they face adversity with humor, resilience, and a growing sense of community. It's a heartwarming story about hope, perseverance, and finding a new sense of belonging against all odds.
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- 398 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Het verhaal volgt Prudence Burns, een idealistische meid uit Brooklyn die de vervallen Woefield Farm erft. Ze stelt een excentriek team samen om de boerderij nieuw leven in te blazen, waaronder Earl, een teruggetrokken bluegrasslegende; Seth, een agorafobische heavy metalblogger in herstel; en Sara, een elfjarig meisje dat gepassioneerd is over haar elite showkippen. Samen navigeren ze door de uitdagingen van het boerenleven, waarbij ze hun unieke achtergronden en talenten combineren in een poging het land te herstellen en hun plaats in de wereld te vinden.