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**2020 Indie Non-fiction Book Award**
**2020 Booksellers' Choice Adult Non-Fiction Book of the Year**
The hilarious new take on country life by one of Australia's bestselling authors
They say it takes 10,000 hours to master a new skill. Well 60,000 hours since Todd and Jeff's tree change, they should have nailed country life, right? Sure, they've made great wine, built stunning villas and even learnt how to look after rescued farm animals - but how does anyone plan for the fury of Mother Nature?
Bushfires, drought, sick animals, failed crops, snakes, broken machinery, insurmountable debts, the unstoppable breeding of peafowl ...
Just when they think they're on top of things, they find another hurdle in their way. Despite fierce determination, a willingness to evolve and irrepressible humour, these boys find themselves down for the count. But they aren't ready to throw in the towel just yet ... are they?
Author: Todd Alexander
Paperback Published 3 February 2021 304 pages
'Never before have I felt the responsibility for someone's tree change ... Todd and Jeff's ups and downs made me laugh out loud, and "verjuice schmerjuic.e" says it all'-Maggie Beer
'This joyously honest account will make you laugh till it hurts, and you'll shed more than a few tears . . . it's The Birdcage meets A Country Practice.'-Bradley Trevor Greive AM, internationally bestselling author of The Blue Day Book and Penguin Bloom
'Every man, woman and child on earth has toyed with this fantasy. Todd and Jeff are living the dream. And have not murdered each other . . . yet.'-Stephan Elliott, writer and director of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert