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Let Sleeping Vets Lie
With two years experience behind him, James Herriot still feels privileged working on the beautiful Yorkshire moors as assistant vet at the Darrowby practice. Time to meet yet more unwilling patients and a rich cast of supporting owners.
Full of hilarious tales of his unpredictable boss Siegfreid Farnon, his charming student brother Tristan, the joys of spring lambing, a vi...more
Full of hilarious tales of his unpredictable boss Siegfreid Farnon, his charming student brother Tristan, the joys of spring lambing, a vi...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
July 31st 2006
by Pan Publishing
(first published 1973)
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Needed something light and cheerful to put me to sleep & started this last night...thankfully no nightmares followed - although I did have to read a bit further than when my eyes began to droop - the image of a sheep giving birth wasn't the right place to end the night. I watched the series many years ago and was addicted to Tristram and James and the old vet guy,Seigfreid. Reading this takes me back to less stressful times and I can still hear their voices and mannerisms while reading the d...more
May 09, 2011
Laura
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Great, great, great. As always. The only thing is, I have been reading his series one after another, gobbling them up like a pig in a swimming pool of scraps, and they are all merging into one. The monk chapter is unrivalled in the comedy factor by any other books I've ever read, ever. It's hard to believe these characters were in fact real people! I wonder if everyone knew a Tristan or a Siegfried equivalent in the thirties... And now, eagerly onto the next Herriot book; expectations are high.
Let Sleeping Vets Lie is a fantastic collation of short stories from a series of books by James Herriot. James Herriot was an English vetinary surgeon and writer who unfortunately died in 1995. In this book Herriot speaks of his time in Darrowby and his experience working as a vet during the time. He tells many heart warming stories of miracles he observed and made possible and tragedies he couldnt reverse.
Funny and heartwarming stories about a rural vet that nothing I could say here would give you the remotest flavour of how wonderful and real these stories are so ignore everything I say and just go out an buy them and fall in love. Having said that, I wonder if I like them because I'm from the same part of the world and can identify with the characters and their exploits? Oh, the horror!
Jan 14, 2008
YorkshireSue
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5 of 5 stars
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animal lovers,complete story chapter readers
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Loved all the James Herriot books. My parents began to read them when I was maybe 10 or so and they would laugh out loud but I was far too cool to read what my parents did until one day I had a miserable toothache/earache and to take my mind off it I began to read one of this series of books. I too ended up laughing and simply being transported away to a different time, yet with places that seemed comfortingly familiar. (I'm from Yorkshire originally and was living there at this time.) I wrote m...more
I read many of his books when I was younger and really enjoyed them. He is quite a storyteller and this audio book was very entertaining - a must for animal lovers.
I loved it , Warm down to earth family values you feel like you have gone back into the 1930s 40s 50s and you have gone to see some very dear friends.n time
My favorite book. I love how James and Hellen get off on the wrong foot, disaster happens and love wins out!
Just great!!! Trust me, read it! If you don't laugh and love, see a doctor immediately!
Laughed out loud throughout most of it. Great read.
Another brilliant story in the set of James Herriot's memoirs.
Tiny bit slow to get into with Yorkshire accent but once accustomed with it funny great way to look into past medicine and generally a good book all round
More animal magic moments.
A very enjoyable light read.
Good.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable nighttime book; great for a week with insomnia. The stories are sweet and I suspect acutely nostalgic for some. I first read Herriot when I was in high school, and some of these chapters I'd forgotten everything - re-reading them, I laughed out loud a couple of times. It's pretty formulaic; diverting and charming enough for a plane trip or a late night.
What a surprise! I used to see this book on my grandfather's bookshelf and assumed it must be old and boring. Then I saw it on my husband's bookshelf and figured it was worth a read. Such good writing--great little vignettes and really good humor. Very sweet and touching, too. I look forward to the rest of his books.
I read several of his books years ago - - I enjoyed this one just as much as I did then even though I already knew some of the stories. He is a great story teller.
Another wonderful James Heriot book. This one continues his stories of being a vet in the Yorkshire Dales, up until he was married.
Charming, told by a great storyteller. Old school veterinary practice, in the muck, hardworking & middle of the night care. Great read.
"Touching base with a childhood favourite. He never fails to make me chuckle; and always alwayshe makes me smile!"
James Herriot now has two years of experience, in the 3rd volume of the All Creatures Great & Small series.
Another great heart-warming read...
Perfect storytelling.
Vet romance.
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James Herriot is the pen name of James Alfred Wight, OBE, FRCVS also known as Alf Wight, an English veterinary surgeon and writer. Wight is best known for his semi-autobiographical stories, often referred to collectively as All Creatures Great and Small, a title used in some editions and in film and television adaptations.
In 1939, at the age of 23, he qualified as a veterinary surgeon with Glasgow...more
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“Over the years I knew her she always looked at me like that - as though I was a quite pleasant but amusing object - and it always did the same thing to me. It's difficult to put into words but perhaps I can best describe it by saying that if I had been a little dog I'd have gone leaping and gambolling around the room wagging my tail furiously.”
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“...and just then the thin boy yawned. I had labelled him as an ineffectual sort of lad but he certainly could yawn; it was a stretching, groaning, voluptuous paroxysm which drowned my words and it went on and on till he finally lay back, bleary and exhausted by the effort.”
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