I read and reviewed each of the three books here separately, so this is basically just for my own records. They're likeable books and I enjoyed them, but Farmer Boy was my favourite, earning four stars where the other two got three. It's notable that, for me at least, the best and the worst things about these books are the same. There's a sort of nostalgic glow over everything that makes them all very pleasant to read, and yet this idealised presentation of what must have been an enormously difficult life does tend to turn the glossy into the glossed-over, I think. So, you know, I read them with enjoyment but also with a great deal of scepticism.