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The Yorkshire Shepherdess
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
Amanda Owen has been seen by millions on ITV's The Dales, living a life that has almost gone in today's modern world, a life ruled by the seasons and her animals. She is a farmer's wife and shepherdess, living alongside her husband, Clive, and seven children at Ravenseat, a 2,000 acre sheep hill farm at the head of Swaledale in North Yorkshire. It's a challenging life but one she loves.
In The Yorkshire Shepherdess, she describes how the rebellious girl from Huddersfield, who always wanted to be a shepherdess, achieved her dreams. Full of amusing anecdotes and unforgettable characters, the book takes us from fitting in with the locals to fitting in motherhood, from the demands of the livestock to the demands of raising a large family in such a rural backwater.
Amanda also evokes the peace of winter, when they can be cut off by snow without electricity or running water, the happiness of spring and the lambing season, and the backbreaking tasks of summertime - haymaking and sheepshearing - inspiring us all to look at the countryside and those who work there with new appreciation.
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- Angela
- 09-10-20
Funny, uplifting and inspiring in equal measure.
I loved this book from start to finish. I didn't know anything about the author, and have never seen her on TV, just bought it on a whim. Amanda is a natural story teller and, and a self-confessed fan of the James Herriot books. They are what inspired her to be a shepherdess. I got exactly the same feeling from this book as I did reading James Herriot's. Her love for Ravenseat farm, where she and her husband and nine children live in the Yorkshire Dales, oozes from every page. Anne Dover does a fantastic job at narrating and I think Amanda was wise to give this task to her. Narrating a book, and bringing the author's words is a specialised skill, and I wish more authors would realise that. The highs and the lows are delivered to us in beautifully entertaining, self contained chapters. I laughed and I cried and I looked forward to each new chapter. What a single minded, strong, funny and hardworking woman. Highly recommend!
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- Kim
- 17-09-20
Lovely pleasant book Terrible narrator
Enjoyed this due to my own interests in the country life , how ever the narrator was appalling
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- Emily Hillier
- 07-01-19
Thoroughly enjoyed and I'm a city girl!
Highly recommended. I had no insight to farming life but thoroughly enjoyed. Looking forward to next book
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- Anne Dudley
- 27-08-20
The Yorkshire vet
I loved listening to this book in parts it was very funny so parts brought tears to my eye's.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-12-20
just great all round
A real insight into hill farming in a remote spot and bring up a family. would that more folk could have the privilege. We can all learn however from their experiences.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-11-19
a read that nourishes the soul!
I loved every second. Thank you Amanda and your beautiful family for sharing your adventures with such lovely, descriptive imagery. Can't wait to read the next!
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- marie joss
- 07-05-19
Interesting but narcissistic
Very interesting but the writings not great and there’s too much ‘me me me’ for my liking; she’s certainly confident and not afraid to tell the world how great she is.
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- MarionC
- 01-05-17
Yorkshire Shepherdess
lovely story of life in the dales, enjoyed the tales of everyday farming and life with the children and animals
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- Roger Dimmock
- 01-06-22
fantastic
what a great book to listen to
would highly recommend this book
shal be downloading more from Amanda Owen
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- Anonymous User
- 30-05-22
The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Very well written and agreat listen. Very informative and very entertaining, loved the tales and little antidotes. Brilliant Audible.
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