Would you chuck it in and plunk your family down on a farm at the tail end of the world? We did.

Sight unseen, Americans Dick and Ruth Reese, with three young children in tow, migrated to Australia’s remote island of Tasmania. With zero farming experience, they bought a 125-acre farm on a dead-end road near the quaint village of Port Cygnet.

Perpetually in the poorhouse, Ruth’s entrepreneurial spark ignited a series of businesses selling homegrown products to Australians and a quest to promote her pet pig, Matilda, in sunscreen commercials.

Living in a house alongside orphaned lambs and goats and an alcoholic rooster, outside, it was worse with wandering sheep and goats, an illicit Clydesdale and pig love affair, and poisonous snakes.

Before escaping to the exotic land of your dreams, have a read.

“… the true, crazy, and improbable story of wide-eyed parents… with the courage to take an adventure like the ones we’ve all dreamed of.”
—Scott Fowler

Don’t Forget to Cover the Pig is available now!

You can also ask your favorite brick-and-mortar bookseller to order the paperback (via Ingram)!