Review: The Bittlemores, by Jann Arden

The Bittlemores by Jann Arden My rating: 4 of 5 stars The marketing blurb for Jann Arden’s debut novel reads: On mean Harp Bittlemore’s blighted farm, hidden away in the Backhills, nothing has gone right for a very long time. Crops don’t grow, the pigs and chickens stay skinny and the three aged dairy cows, Berle, Crilla and Dally, are so desperate they are plotting an escape. The one thing holding them back is the…