Awash with anecdote and incident, The Adventures of a Yorkshire Shepherdess is an uplifting memoir of a remarkable woman living the kind of life that is rapidly vanishing from view.
The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller by the shepherdess and star of Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm.
Amanda Owen loves her traditional life on her hill farm alongside her nine children and husband Clive. And, as readers of her previous bestsellers will know, every day at Ravenseat brings surprises. In Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda takes us from her family's desperate race to save a missing calf to finding her bra has been repurposed as a house martin's nest, and from wild swimming to the brutal winter that almost brought her to her knees. As busy as she is with her family and flock though, an exciting new project soon catches her eye . . .
Ravenseat is a tenant farm and may not stay in the family, so when Amanda discovers a nearby farmhouse up for sale, she knows it is her chance to create roots for her children. The old house needs a lot of renovation and money is tight, so Amanda sets about the work herself, with some help from a travelling monk, a visiting plumber and Clive. It's fair to say things do not go according to plan!
Funny, evocative and set in a remote and beautiful landscape, this book will delight anyone who has hankered after a new life in the country.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509852697
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 256 g
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 23 mm
Amanda’s life is one of old-fashioned values, hard graft and plenty of love. She, like her life, is extraordinary. - Ben Fogle
With its fizzing energy and celebration of nature and community, this is perfect comfort reading for uncertain times. - Daily Mail
A fabulous read - Woman's Weekly
A really lovely, lyrical story of the ups and downs of their life. - Daily Mail on A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess
Great book. Reality of farm life expertly woven and does not hold back in honest appraisal of farming life.
This is the third book by Amanda Owen that I have gobbled up in a few hours. She is a great writer and presents life with all its ups and downs. Her use of the yorkshire dialect is brilliant. I always feel like... More
What a fantastic book as Amanda Owens gives us a glimpse into her life on the farm with her husband Clive and their 9 children. I could not put this novel down and felt exhausted just reading what Amanda packs into... More
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