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Till the Cows Come Home
- the bestselling memoir from a beloved presenter
- Narrated by: Sara Cox
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
A funny and heartwarming love letter to childhood, family and growing up.
Till the Cows Come Home is DJ and TV presenter Sara Cox's wonderfully written, funny coming-of-age memoir of growing up in 1980s Lancashire.
The youngest of five siblings, Sara grew up on her father's cattle farm surrounded by dogs, cows, horses, fields and lots of 'cack'. The lanky kid sister - half girl, half forehead - a nuisance to the older kids, the farm was her very own dangerous adventure playground, 'a Bolton version of Narnia'.
Her writing conjures up a time of wagon rides and haymaking and agricultural shows alongside chain-smoking pensioners, cabaret nights at the Conservative club and benign parenting. Sara's love of family, of the animals and the people around them, shines through. Unforgettable characters are lovingly and expertly drawn, bringing to life a time and place.
Sara later divided her childhood days between the beloved farm and the pub she lived above with her mother. These early experiences of freedom and adventure came to be the perfect training ground for later life.
This funny, big-hearted and often moving telling of Sara Cox's semirural upbringing is not what you'd expect from the original ladette and one of radio's most enduring and well-loved presenters.
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- B. Longsden
- 12-08-19
Your next book should be fiction
Sara Cox brings you into her world, I’d love to read a work of fiction, I reckon she’d write a corker!
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- S B.
- 21-03-19
Funny, heartwarming, honest with beautiful prose
I’m looking forward to part 2...!
I’d recommend this book for sure.
I truly enjoyable listen.
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- Emma B
- 23-08-19
Made me constantly smile!
Absolutely loved this book. Being the same age as Sara meant that I could relate to so many of her experiences of being a child of the 80’s!
This book ooozes Sara’s wonderful personality just like her radio show !
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- Anonymous User
- 22-09-20
Wonderful!
Wonderful, beautifully written and beautifully read. Thank you Sara for making my weekly commute whiz by.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-07-21
Loved this book
I really enjoyed this book and it was narrated perfectly. Already recommended this book to friends and family. I grew up in Bolton too but you don’t have to have been born there to enjoy it, it’s just a ‘right good yarn’ as they say up North! One of my favourites from Audible.
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- missymoo
- 29-04-19
Loved it!
Always liked Sara Cox's slight quirky sense of humour and this doesn't dissapoint! Proper lol
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-05-19
Like having a friend reading to you
I loved this down to earth story, about an ordinary girl growing up to be someone we welcome into Our cars, workplaces & homes.
Great to have Sara reading it, laughed out loud so many times.
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- Liz
- 17-03-20
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an enjoyable listen that kept me entertained for a while. I like her show on BBC radio two so know I'd like the book.
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- floppy floyd
- 19-04-22
Till the cows come home
Brilliant and witty had me laugh out loud & Sarah sounds like a really down to earth person, with a talent for comedy well done girl.
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- Ruth
- 13-03-19
Funny, charming and well written!
This is a brilliant book, one that had me laughing out loud on the train and once I started I couldn't put down. Great stories of growing up on the farm and above a pub. Makes it clear why Sara is still such a down to earth and grounded person. She has a great writing style, really helping you visualise the story through her detailed and amusing descriptions. I highly recommend this book!
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