{"product_id":"farm-9781775543336","title":"The Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Farm\u003c\/em\u003e is a lyrical and entertaining journey to the heart of rural life in New Zealand from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Bruce Ansley visited a friend on a sheep farm on Banks Peninsula, they pointed out a property for sale, down by the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDown a drive curving through sycamores, oaks, and rhododendrons, there was a deer farm, with an old white Victorian homestead, overlooking soft green pastures beneath rocky crags—the Western Valley of Koukourarata, or Port Levy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat followed were all the things one would expect to encounter when a couple from the city fulfils a lifelong dream to own a farm: joy, heartbreak, disaster; the vagaries of weather, animals, and people. All of it made up a way of life that will be recognisable to many who grew up in the country, and to anyone who has it still lodged in their psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bruce Ansley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49008963027195,"sku":"9781775543336","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/x1000_ee347e22-79ca-41b5-83f0-b2e226657a6a_jpg.webp?v=1782441733","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/farm-9781775543336","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}