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  • A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess

  • By: Amanda Owen
  • Narrated by: Janine Birkett
  • Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (291 ratings)
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A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess

By: Amanda Owen
Narrated by: Janine Birkett
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Summary

From best-selling author Amanda Owen come more tales of life at Ravenseat, the remote Yorkshire hill farm she shares with husband Clive, eight children and 1,000 sheep.

In A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess she describes the age-old cycles of a farming year and the constant challenges the family faces, from being cut off in winter to tending their flock on some of Yorkshire's highest, bleakest moors - land so inaccessible that in places it can be reached only on foot.

Writing with her trademark warmth and humour, Amanda takes us into her life as nine-year-old Miles gets his first flock, Reuben takes up the flugelhorn and she gives birth to a new baby girl. She is touched by the epic two-day journey of a mother sheep determined to find her lamb and gives a new home to an ageing and neglected horse.

Meanwhile Clive is almost arrested on a midnight stakeout to catch a sheep-worrying dog and becomes the object of affection for a randy young bull.

Funny, poignant and charming, A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess is a must for anyone interested in the countryside and those who farm it.

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Brilliant book. Voice very irritating though

Loved the book but the narration was terrible. Very irritating voice which made it hard to listen to

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Great Story

Poor choice of reader- voice and delivery so unlike the author. Voicing of Clive particularly poor. The accent used was too broad. In life much more matter of fact and practical.

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Great writing. But.

Absolutely love the memoirs of Amanda Owen and family.
Unfortunately for me the narrator spoiled it.
Using different narrators doesn't work in this instance.

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Did not like the narrator

Did not enjoy the narrator. What a pity. It really ruined it. Would have been great if Amanda Owen had read it. More authentic than the whiney and contrived accent we got.

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A year in the life of the Yorkshire shepherdess...

A change in narrator from the previous book by the same author. Whilst I preferred the previous, the diction is clear although some of the accents are a little odd.
The book itself is a wonderful insight into Hill farming life and I would recommend to anyone wanting to be whisked away to the countryside.

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absolutely brilliant

I could not stop listening. it was absolutely brilliant.
I laughed and cryed. very well red

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Very good


Very very very very very very very very very good good good good good good really great it was incredible interesting

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brilliant

can't wait to read my next one love hearing all about their lives the animals as well as the family

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A year in the Life

Absolutely loved the book. Had me laughing in a few places!
Only thing is I wish the narrator didn’t try to imitate the children’s voices as unfortunately it doesn’t work well for me.

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Loved the story.

I enjoyed this as much as her first book, but would have preferred the original narrator.

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