Till the Cows Come Home

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Sara Cox's big hearted and bestselling memoir

The big hearted and brilliantly funny coming of age memoir from Radio 2 broadcaster, host of the hilarious hit podcast, The Teen Commandments, presenter of BBC2's Between the Covers and bestselling author of Thrown and Way Back.

'Endearing, engaging and very funny' Mirror

'The book is like a big warm hug, full of local characters and misadventures' Sophie Heawood, Observer

'Coxy's memoir about growing up on a farm is as funny as you'd expect, genuinely touching and has some excellent 80s and 90s details. Her love of animals is infectious' Alexandra Heminsley, Grazia

'Cox is a natural storyteller... she brings that authentic voice to bear in her memoir. The tone is so intimate, chatty and friendly, so you feel as though she could be sitting next to you' Hannah Beckerman, Daily Express

'I loved it!' Lynda La Plante

Till the Cows Come Home is broadcaster Sara Cox's gorgeously written and very funny coming of age memoir of growing up in 1980s Lancashire.

The youngest of five siblings, Sara grew up on her father's cattle farm surrounded by dogs, cows, horses, fields and lots of 'cack'. The lanky kid sister - half girl, half forehead -the farm was her very own dangerous playground, 'a Bolton version of Narnia'.

Sara conjures up a time of wagon rides and haymaking and agricultural shows, alongside chain smoking pensioners, cabaret nights at the Conservative club and benign parenting. Sara's love of family, of the animals and the people around them shines through on every page. Unforgettable characters are lovingly and expertly drawn bringing to life a time and place.

Sara later divided her childhood days between the beloved farm and the pub she lived above with her mother, these early experiences of freedom and adventure came to be the perfect training ground for later life.

This funny, big-hearted and often moving telling of Sara Cox's semi rural upbringing is not what you'd expect from the original ladette, and one of TV and radio's most enduring and well loved presenters.