August 2021 Book, Blessed are the Cheesemakers

The August discussion will take place on August 18  at 6:30 at the Guilford Free Library.  Talk About Books meets every third Wednesday of the month.

Sarah-Kate Lynch's novel is set on a small Irish dairy farm. It follows two lost souls as they try to carve out new lives amid a colorful cast of characters. Abby has been estranged from the family farm since her rebellious mother ran off with her when she was a small child. Kit is a burned out New York stockbroker who's down on his luck.

But that's all about to change, now that he and Abby have converged on the farm just in time to help Corrie and Fee, two old cheesemakers in a time of need. Full of delightful and quirky characters--from dairy cows who only give their best product to pregnant, vegetarian teens to an odd collection of whiskey-soaked men and broken-hearted women who find refuge under Corrie and Fee's roof -- Blessed are the Cheesemakers is an irresistible tale about taking life's spilled milk and turning it into the best cheese in the world.

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