Facing up to Father (Paperback)

David Worlock

ISBN 10: 1838303626 / ISBN 13: 9781838303624

Published by Marble Hill Publishers, 2021

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Paperback. 'Farmers in my childhood were as anxious for a male heir as any Tudor monarch securing dynastic succession.'A small Cotswold farm is the setting for a classic struggle of wills. Robert Worlock, eccentric and demanding, resolutely maintains the old ways, determined above all to make his son into a farmer fit to take over the family acres. His son, David, is equally determined not to be bullied into something he neither wants nor likes. His childhood becomes a battleground: can he find a way to make his father love him without denying his right to determine his own life?Sometimes heart-rending, sometimes amusing, always elegantly written and deeply honest, this account of a young man finding himself in the most difficult of circumstances deserves to take its place among the great childhood memoirs. A Cotswold farm is the setting for a classic struggle of wills. Funny and touching, shocking and cruel, this engrossing memoir is the story of a son's journey to find his father's heart. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Facing up to Father (Paperback)
• Publisher: Marble Hill Publishers
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838303626
• ISBN 13: 9781838303624
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Mills, Rufus; Murrell, Vernon J
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

'Farmers in my childhood were as anxious for a male heir as any Tudor monarch securing dynastic succession.'

A small Cotswold farm is the setting for a classic struggle of wills.

Robert Worlock, eccentric and demanding, resolutely maintains the old ways, determined above all to make his son into a farmer fit to take over the family acres.

His son, David, is equally determined not to be bullied into something he neither wants nor likes. His childhood becomes a battleground: can he find a way to make his father love him without denying his right to determine his own life?

Sometimes heart-rending, sometimes amusing, always elegantly written and deeply honest, this account of a young man finding himself in the most difficult of circumstances deserves to take its place among the great childhood memoirs.

About the Author

After taking a History degree at Cambridge, David Worlock became an education publisher with Thomas Nelson, part of the International Thomson Organisation. In the early 1980s, he moved into the digital world and set up Eurolex, one of the UK's first online services. Since 1985, he has advised companies on how the digital marketplace works and how to profit from it.