Connell's book, Twelve Sheep, tells 12 beautiful stories that unfold across 12 brief chapters, each containing a universal life lesson. The book combines personal essays, philosophy, observations of nature, literature and art, and Connell's experiences caring for 12 ewes and their lambs.
Twelve Sheep by John Connell : the magic of life over 12 beautiful chapters“There’ll be 12 stories to be told before the season is done,” observes Connell’s father. What follows is an unfolding of those stories across 12 brief, beautifully written chapters, each one alchemising a universal life lesson.
Connell’s veneration of nature takes practical shape in the chapter We Must Love our Home, about him and his father planting trees on the farm, converted in recent years to organic. The tree-planting is Connell’s attempt to offset the hundreds of thousands of air miles he clocked up during his 10 years as a traveller.
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