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    Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga: A Not So Perfect Tree Change
    Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga: A Not So Perfect Tree Change
    Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga: A Not So Perfect Tree Change
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    Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga: A Not So Perfect Tree Change

    Written by Todd Alexander

    Narrated by Josh Brennan

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    “Once I was the poster boy for corporate success, but now I'm crashing through the bush in a storm in search of a missing pig. How the hell did we end up here?”

    Todd and Jeff have had enough of the city. Sick of the daily grind and workaday corporate shenanigans, they throw caution to the wind and buy 100 acres in the Hunter Valley, intent on living a golden bucolic life and building a fabulous Bamp;B, where they can offer the joys of country life to heart-weary souls. Todd will cook, Jeff will renovate. They can make wine and grow their own food and live the dream. How hard can it be?

    “This joyously honest account will make you laugh till it hurts and shed more than a few tears while being captivated by Todd, Jeff and their menagerie of loveable animals.” BRADLEY TREVOR GREIVE AM, author of Penguin Bloom
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateMar 21, 2019
    ISBN9781528865555
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    Todd Alexander

    If he's not kissing his pig or brushing his goats, you'll generally find Todd at the computer writing, on the mower thinking, in the kitchen experimenting or in the foetal position trying to solve his parents' latest technological drama. Todd's bestselling comedic memoir, Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga (2019) was longlisted for three awards for best non-fiction book of the year. It was followed in 2021 by another comedy, You've Got to be Kidding. His short story, 'The Great Easter Let Down' was longlisted for the Newcastle Short Story Award in 2021. Todd has also written two novels and feature stories for Nourish magazine and The Guardian. He lives in the Hunter Valley with his partner Jeff where they rescue farm animals and renovate properties.

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    • 4/5
      Flows well. If you are an animal lover you will enjoy this book
    • 4/5
      Funny, sincere and touching.
      Well narrated. Made me want to travel to Hunter Valley