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Melanie Finnâs âThe Hareâ (Two Dollar Radio, 2021), published in late January, is a riveting story that ranges from the posh country clubs and estates of Southport, Conn., and Kennebunkport, Maine, to the poverty-stricken hills of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.
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This is not an easy or relaxing book to read. Finn knows how to ratchet up the tension to near the breaking point before eliding skillfully to another scene. Her characters are vividly drawn and credible. The problem is that most of them behave very badly, and I often had to put the book down briefly just to catch my breath and avoid for a few moments what appeared to be another inevitable, catastrophic turn of events.
New NFYFC chairman elected 25 years after her father
22 February 2021 |
Rachel Goldie has been elected to NFYFC s leading role 25 years after her father
The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) has elected Rachel Goldie and its new chairman, a position her father also held a quarter of a century ago.
Rachel Goldie, 27, has been a member of Great Smeaton Young Farmers’ Club (YFC) for 15 years.
She was elected as the Federation s new chairman during its first-ever online council elections.
It s the first time in NFYFC s 90-year history that two generations of the same family have been elected to the position.
A Yorkshire young farmer has been elected as the new chairman of the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) 25 years after her father held