Wind in the Ash Tree - Softcover
(It's hard to do a sensible interview when a llama suddenly thrusts its supercilious face up against yours and breathes heavily down your nostrils. . . And you don't even try to stop screeching with laughter when a Golden Guernsey goat reaches over and snatches the piece of paper, from which her owner has been reading a classical quote about such golden goats, and munches it up loudly. The remainder of the tales are drawn from her life at home, which she shares with her strong-willed Australian mother, Mrs. P., and her numerous animal charges. There's Doll, a horse who's diagnosed by veterinarian Bertie as being a hypochondriac; two overly amorous goats, Dolores and Minnie; a motherless pig who dotes on baby lambs; a pigeon rescued in London who caused untold marital dramas by trying to elope with every female pigeon on the place; and every manner of chicken, duck, cat, and dog. For animal buffs, this one is not to be missed.
Further engaging and often uproariously funny stories about life on a small farm in the Welsh countryside - a follow-up to My Small Country Living (1984). A former Londoner and British broadcaster who settles wholly into country life, McMullen is barely managing financially until she gets the go-ahead for a radio series she calls, aptly, A Small Country Living. Her trips to interview those wise in country ways - an old-world herb gatherer, an importer of Icelandic sheep, to name a few - make up the basis for just a part of McMullen's witty and warm anecdotage.)
Further engaging and often uproariously funny stories about life on a small farm in the Welsh countryside - a follow-up to My Small Country Living (1984). A former Londoner and British broadcaster who settles wholly into country life, McMullen is barely managing financially until she gets the go-ahead for a radio series she calls, aptly, A Small Country Living. Her trips to interview those wise in country ways - an old-world herb gatherer, an importer of Icelandic sheep, to name a few - make up the basis for just a part of McMullen's witty and warm anecdotage.)
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McMullen tells tales about her Welsh farm and its incredible assortment of goats, sheep, dogs, horses, and people. . . . For fans of Herriot, a new voice from the country. "
Jeanine McMullen is a funny, gifted writer who portrays her life in the countryside with rare wit and charm. Those who love animals will love this book. She meets her many tribulations with animals and people with unquenchable courage and humour and she always makes me laugh. This is a happy and totally beguiling book. --James Herriot"
McMullen here continues the enchanting saga of life on a Welsh farm. . . . [She] writes with delicious wit about the endearing creatures she loves and cares for as she might children, and the various people, helpful or otherwise, who drift in and out of her life. "
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Jeanine McMullen is a funny, gifted writer who portrays her life in the countryside with rare wit and charm. Those who love animals will love this book. She meets her many tribulations with animals and people with unquenchable courage and humour and she always makes me laugh. This is a happy and totally beguiling book. --James Herriot"
McMullen here continues the enchanting saga of life on a Welsh farm. . . . [She] writes with delicious wit about the endearing creatures she loves and cares for as she might children, and the various people, helpful or otherwise, who drift in and out of her life. "
'In her delightful sequel to My Small Country Living (Norton, 1984), McMullen tells tales about her Welsh farm and its incredible assortment of goats, sheep, dogs, horses, and people...for fans of Herriot, a new voice from the country.' --Booklist
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0044404212
- ISBN 13 9780044404217
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages254
- IllustratorWoods Michael
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