Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga: A not-so-perfect tree change

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Sharply observed, funny and poignant, a tree-change story with a twist

Never before have I felt the responsibility for someones tree change Todd and Jeffs ups and downs made me laugh out loud, and verjuice schmerjuice says it all Maggie Beer

Once I was the poster boy for corporate success, but now Im crashing through the bush in a storm in search of a missing pig. How the hell did we end up here

Todd and Jeff have had enough of the city. Sick of the daily grind and workaday corporate shenanigans, they throw caution to the wind and buy 100 acres in the renowned Hunter Valley wine region, intent on living a golden bucolic life and building a fabulous B&B, where they can offer the joys of country life to heart-weary souls.

Todd will cook, Jeff will renovate. They have a vineyard, they can make wine. They have space, they can grow their own food. They have everything they need to make their dreams come true.

How hard can it be

Praise for Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga

This joyously honest account will make you laugh till it hurts, and youll shed more than a few tears its The Birdcage meets A Country Practice Bradley Trevor Greive AM, internationally bestselling author ofThe Blue Day BookandPenguin 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 ofThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

This book has it all humour, heart, wine and crazy animals ... A rollicking read for anyone looking to shake things up a little in their lives Rachael Johns, internationally bestselling author

Funny and heart-warming The Canberra Times

Hilarious and inspiring Better Reading

Author Bio

Todd Alexander has been writing for more than twenty years. His work has been published in magazines and periodicals, and his first novel, Pictures of Us, was published in 2006. Tom Houghton, his second novel, was published in 2015. He lives in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales with his partner, Jeff, where they run a boutique vineyard and accommodation business, Block Eight.