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Graft : motherhood, family and a year on the land

by Maggie MacKellar

This memoir chronicles a year on a Merino wool farm on the east coast of Tasmania, detailing the cycles of the lambing seasons, the realities of agricultural life, and a deep connection to the natural world.

Accession 36792 ISBN 1742752471 Publisher Hamish Hamilton
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