Shepherdess: Notes from the Field - Softcover

Purdue University Press

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155753070X ISBN 13: 9781557530707

Publisher: Purdue University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Telling the story of her journey from research associate and mother to shepherdess, the author of this book humorously discusses such problems as understanding sheep behaviour, what to do with too much manure and whether or not to eat you own sheep.

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Review:

"Ellison put her career in research biochemistry on hold in order to raise two daughters. After 10 years, she wanted to work again but was too out of touch with technology and too attached to her rural home to go back to biochemistry. What to do? She turned her hobby of spinning into a business: sheepherding. These are her memories, advice, and lessons learned from the first seven years of the business, and they're delightful. Ellison's chapters flow sensitively - sometimes exuding a mother's common sense, sometimes McMurtryesque pathos, sometimes gently pointed Bombeckish humor. Undoubtedly this is a great acquisition for rural area libraries, but it's more than a farmer's account. This is inspiration for all women who may be contemplating joining the workforce yet feel unprepared or unsure that what they are interested in could become a fulfilling business."

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About the Author:

Joan Jarvis Ellison grew up in the suburbs of a large city. Her closest encounter with farm life was a white rat in a plastic cage. After earning a master's degree in biophysical sciences and working for several years in a research laboratory, she retired to Pelican Rapids, a small town in rural Minnesota, to raise children and sheep.

About this edition

• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 155753070X
• ISBN 13: 9781557530707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277