I have always had a deep appreciation for the production of food, agriculture, and the people that make the food system go around, and this book just highlighted why farming, farmers, and food are such a beautiful ecosystem and way of life. Rebanks does a wonderful job of describing his everyday farming life and articulating the beautiful parallels and contrasts between the evolving modern world and a way of life that has remained for centuries.

The book pushes the reader to question our everyday patterns, habits, and way of thinking and criticizes the modern systems and structures we believe are "better" or more "advanced." I borrowed this book from someone and have decided I wanted to buy my own to write in it. It is a book that I will probably reread just because there is so much to unpack, appreciate, and question.

The book highlights the struggle and fight for maintaining tradition, family, environment, history, and the value of simplicity. Rebanks produced a novel that will be appreciated for a lifetime, and I only hope that schools incorporate this book into the curriculum. It makes me want to be a sheep farmer and no longer a sheep.