Two Shakes of a Lambs Tail, Danielle Hawkins
Two Shakes of a Lambs Tail, Danielle Hawkins
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Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail
The Diary of a Country Vet

Author: Danielle Hawkins

Narrator: Kirsty Gillmore

Unabridged: 8 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/14/2022

Synopsis

Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail is the funny, illuminating diary of a year in the life of a New Zealand farm vet
With a husband and two children, 1200 sheep and 400 cattle, farm dogs and pet lambs, pigs bent on excavation and a goat bent on escape, country life is never dull. From calving cows to constipated dogs, weddings to weaning lambs, daffodils to ducklings to droughts, each season brings new challenges and delights. Sometimes it's exhausting but it's almost always a lot of fun - anyway, it's all part and parcel of the life of a Kiwi mother, farmer's wife and vet.

About Danielle Hawkins

Bestselling NZ author Danielle Hawkins lives on a sheep and beef farm near Otorohanga with her husband and two children. She works part-time as a large animal vet, and writes when the kids are at school and she's not required for farming purposes. She is a keen gardener, an intermittently keen cook and an avid reader. Her other talents include memorising poetry, making bread and zapping flies with an electric fly swat. She tends to exaggerate to improve a story, with the result that her husband believes almost nothing she says.  Look for @DanielleHawkinsauthor on Facebook.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vicki

“I was adding it to the shopping list when I found I’d written down ‘mice.’ Why? What should I have written instead and will I remember in time? While pondering this question I noticed that I only shaved one leg in the shower last night. I think I might be losing my mind. 9.15pm I have it. Mince. Phe......more

Goodreads review by Fiona

What a joy to read about a year in the life of a country vet who specialises in large animals. There are equal amounts of pathos, pragmatism and humour - Danielle’s neighbour bemoaning the fact she had forgotten to put makeup on her daughters for their dance recital and that they were supposed to be......more

Goodreads review by Philippa

I bought this book expecting a rural romance with a heavy dose of realism and down to earth pragmatic and credible characters rather than something semi autobiographical. That said this was an enjoyable read if not the escape I was looking for. Hawkins drew me into her life and left me filled with a......more

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