If Only They Could Talk

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Fresh out of Veterinary College & shoulder-deep in an uncooperative cow James Herriots first job is not panning out exactly as expected.. . To a Glaswegian like James 1930s Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But even life in the sleepy village of Darrowby has its challenges. On the one hand there are his new colleagues Siegfried & Tristan Farnon two brothers who attract a constant stream of local girls to whom James is strangely invisible. On the other he must contend with herds of semi-feral cattle gruff farmers with incomprehensible accents & an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo... Heartbreaking & hilarious in equal measure If Only They Could Talk is a book for all those who find laughter & joy in animals & who know & understand the magic & beauty of Britains wild places. Bulls with sunstroke pigs on the run & a cake-eating Peke with a betting habit.. .I grew up reading James Herriots book & Im delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming heartwarming & laugh-out-loud funny as they were then Kate Humble Its a pleasure to be in James Herriots company Observer After an evening among his tales anyone with as much as a dog or a budgerigar will feel he should move to Darrowby at once Yorkshire Post