It’s not your average book title, but it is a collection of very real stories from life in the country. Welts on Your Butt a Calf Could Suck: Reflections on Faith, Family, and a Farm Kid’s Life has hit #1 on Amazon’s “Rural Life Humor” list, and it’s striking a chord with readers who grew up on gravel roads and grew wise behind a working gate.
Author Tom Brand blends wit, warmth, and life lessons into each chapter, drawing from decades of memories in rural Missouri and years spent sharing stories from the mic. Whether it’s chasing pigs, holding a flashlight for your dad (and getting yelled at for it), or learning when to laugh instead of lose it, the book is filled with scenes that feel like they were written about your family.
Brand’s storytelling is already connecting with readers across the country, with early reactions calling it “honest,” “hilarious,” and “the kind of book my dad would’ve read aloud at the kitchen table.”
“This isn’t a memoir,” Brand says. “It’s a memory collection. These are the kinds of stories that stick—sometimes because they hurt, sometimes because they heal, and often because they’re just plain relatable. My hope is that these pages spark a few memories of your own.”
Published by Richardson & Company Press and printed in Missouri, the book is available now at the Richardson Press website and Amazon.
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