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A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
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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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- peterUK77
- 29-08-20
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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- Penny
- 07-09-20
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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- Amazon Customer
- 04-05-21
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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- M A WILDE
- 12-04-19
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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- BookQueen
- 11-08-17
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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- Gemma moore
- 27-02-17
absolutely brilliant
I could not stop listening. it was absolutely brilliant.
I laughed and cryed. very well red
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- Katie Adams
- 03-02-24
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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- Flynn
- 01-12-21
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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- Mrs nicola day
- 03-11-21
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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- Jan
- 26-10-21
Loved the story.
I enjoyed this as much as her first book, but would have preferred the original narrator.
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