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Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail

Hawkins, Danielle

  18 Reviews

This year-long diary of a country vet could more accurately be described as the diary of a country vet, farmer's wife, mother, environmentalist, gardener, cook and writer. There is something for everyone in this humorous record of an action-packed rural life, whether it is details of large farm animal anatomy, smoko menus for shearers, parenting challenges or many other snippets of daily life.

A rollicking good yarn, warts and all of New Zealand country life where there are just not enough hours in the day.

Pages
304
Year
2021

Reviews

NELS 023
08-05-2023
We thoroughly enjoyed this book - the sense of humour, character detail, descriptions of family, farming and vet life.
TAPA 001
02-05-2023
The group enjoyed this light hearted story. With a couple of sheep farmers and dairy farmers in our group, we related to the author's life.
HOKITIK 004
27-04-2023
Everyone finished this book but not all loved it. Half the group loved how easy it was to pick up and read, appreciated the humour and the busyness of rural kiwi life. Half the group found it repetitive and weren't wowed by the writing style. All agreed that adding an ongoing drama would have given the book some more direction and an incentive to keep reading to the end.
TEPIR 001
28-03-2023
Humorous but long.
MANGWH 005
14-03-2023
Some loved it. Some found it boring!
KAPITI 004
03-03-2023
Half our group loved this book as a good slice of life and an easy read. The other half didn't find it 'held' them enough, even though they found themselves laughing out loud.
SOUTH 001
02-03-2023
We all found this a delightfully easy book to read. Quirky and funny.
AUCK 449
15-12-2022
A nice easy read - a bit too much of a happy ending for some of our group.
WAIKA 010
15-12-2022
Loved it! Full of boundless energy!
WAIKA 013
01-12-2022
A light book to read which described well the life on a farm and in a vet's practice. Certainly time is used up every day, leaving very little downtime available. She writes well.
AUCK 353
08-11-2022
Read and enjoyed by all members (and husband of one). Great to read a book by a N.Z. author; full of humour and very informative for anyone unfamiliar with life on farms. We're all of a generation who at least had relations who farmed even if we didn't live on them, but we know younger people and immigrants who have never experienced rural life.
TEPUK 006
10-10-2022
Hilarious! Many great anecdotes and life experience wisdom.
NELS 048
23-09-2022
We loved this book - well written, great insights into daily life of a vet, farmer, conservationist, mother, woman. Amusing and touching.
INVER 027
23-09-2022
Most of the group enjoyed this book. A couple didn't finish it as it became too repetitive.
AUCK 412
12-08-2022
Most were underwhelmed with this book, they didn't like the writing style (being diarised) and thought the subject matter weak. On the other hand, two or three loved it, saying it was a very light pleasant read with a good insight into rural family life.
HAVE 011
29-06-2022
Most enjoyed this greatly - one dissenting view changed some of our minds though.
PARAPA 001
16-05-2022
Opinions divided. Some really enjoyed it - easy read and funny. For others it lacked detail, not "meaty" enough and too frivolous.
ASHB 015
11-05-2022
We all loved this!