Big Pig, Little Pig 

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Big Pig, Little Pig by Jacqueline Yallop: Episode 1

Big Pig, Little Pig

Episode 1

Big Pig, Little Pig by Jacqueline Yallop

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After some years in rural France, Jacqueline and husband Ed think about getting pigs.

4 Extra Debut. When an author and her husband moved to a small French hamlet, they embraced rural life acquiring pigs. Read by Imogen Stubbs.

When Jacqueline Yallop moves to south-west France with her husband, she embraces rural village life and buys two pigs to rear for slaughter. 

But as she gets to know the animals better, her English sentimentality threatens to get in the way

She begins to wonder if she can actually bring herself to kill them?

Jacqueline Yallop's memoir is about that fateful decision, as well as the ethics of meat eating in the modern age, and whether we should know, respect and even love the animals we eat?

At its heart, this book is a love story, exploring Jacqueline's increasing attachment for her particular pigs, and celebrating the enduring closeness of humans and pigs over the centuries.

Read by Imogen Stubbs.

Abridged in five parts by Amanda Hargreaves.

Producer:  Jill Waters

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2017.

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