Animal Instincts - Alan Titchmarsh

I was lent this book by a friend, who had yet to read it. The back cover sounded interesting, so I picked it up and sat down. Kit has been living in Australia for ten years when he's called back to Devon due to his fathers death. His mother had died years previously, and Kit being an only child, he had to return to sort out his fathers estate. The estate in question, is a few hundred acres of part organic farmland and part nature reserve. As Kit faces his childhood home, he is forced to decide whether to sell the estate or try to live there. Thoughts of his girlfriend and life in the sun of Oz makes the decision seem easy, but what happens along the ...  Read the complete review

- The Author - The author, Alan Titchmarsh started his working life as a gardener, and has now written fiction books and autobiographies, as well as those aimed at gardeners. He is also a well-known TV personality, noted especially for his gardening and natural world programmes, but has also been associated with many other types of programmes. - Background to the Plot - The plot is about a man, now living in Australia, who inherits an estate in Devon when his father dies. The son, Kit Lavery, at first thinks that he will come back to Devon to settle his father's affairs, sell the estate as quickly as he can ...  Read the complete review