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'To call Alice "just another pig" would be the gravest insult.'
Alice the Large Black pig was Paul Heiney's best friend, his confidante and his therapist. This is the story of their tempestuous relationship with all its ups-and-downs, from her arrival as a 'large, black and expensive' Christmas present for his wife to her last days as the matriarch of his traditional farm.
In One Man and His Hog, Heiney walks us through why lop-eared pigs are the best to raise (they can't see you coming), how to escape a sow that's decided you're her next mate (throw a bucket and run), and how, actually, pigs might have just got this whole 'life' situation sorted out.
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Who Was Alice?
A Quick History of Pigs
My First-Ever Pig
Thirteen Pigs for the Price of One
A Pig - the Perfect Present?
Sleeping Next to a Pig
Persuading Pigs
A Nose for Food
Keeping Pigs - a Moving Experience
Alice - a Catastrophic Pig
A Palace for Alice
Alice Has Her Cake and Eats It
Huffing and Puffing
Alice Needs a Mate
True Love - Not Running Smoothly
Pig Sick
Why a Pig Will Never Get Lost
Who Could Take Her Place?
Let's Give Polly a Ring
What is it about Pigs?
Thank You, Alice
