A Gull on the Roof (1961)

by Derek Tangye

Series: The Minack Chronicles (1)

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The first title in the Minack Chronicles, which tell the story of how Derek and his wife Jeannie left behind their London home to establish a flower farm on the coast of Cornwall. From inauspicious beginnings, this book includes tales of the couple's first animals, including Monty the ginger cat, and takes us through trials and tribulations until the arrival of a gull on the roof provides the first augury of better times to come.… (more)

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This is a leaving the rat race for life on a farm story that is unusual because it is one of the earliest such stories following World War 2, and exceptional for the quality of observation and writing. The small farm in Cornwall is now part of a nature reserve created by the Tangye's but it is also a timeless place of imagination, populated by cats, donkeys, daffodils and wildlife. This is sweet, gentle story-telling that celebrates a quiet life lived well. Highly recommended. (

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The first title in the Minack Chronicles, which tell the story of how Derek and his wife Jeannie left behind their London home to establish a flower farm on the coast of Cornwall. From inauspicious beginnings, this book includes tales of the couple's first animals, including Monty the ginger cat, and takes us through trials and tribulations until the arrival of a gull on the roof provides the first augury of better times to come.

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Lovely tales of life in Land's End in Cornwall, England. Classic reprints of life in a community of interesting characters. Most enjoyable.

'This book tells the story of two young people suddenly sickened of the rat race and threw everything up in order to grow flowers in Cornwall. And how they made a go of it, in spite of ignorance, in spite of every sort of drawback'.

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