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Along came a llama / Ruth Janette Ruck ; with a foreword by John Lewis-Stempel.

by Ruck, Ruth Janette.

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Faber & Faber, [2022], c2020.

Ruck, Ruth Janette.

Llamas as pets.

Human-animal relationships -- Anecdotes.

Human-animal relationships -- Wales.

9780571363193 (hc)

xvi, 286 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

First published in 1978; resissued with a foreword by John Lewis-Stempel.

"My Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever. Things llamas like: Snaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the Radio Times. Curling up in 'tea-cosy' position by the fire. Orbiting, helicoptering, and oompahing. Locking victims in the lavatory. Things llamas dislike: Being adopted mother to an orphaned lamb. Invitations to star on Blue Peter. Snowdonia's rainfall. The dark. Ruth Ruck's family live on a Welsh mountain farm, no strangers to cow pats on the carpet and nesting hens in the larder. When dark days strike, they embark on a farming experiment to cheer them all up -- but raising a baby llama proves more of an adventure than expected. Reissued with a new foreword by John Lewis-Stempel, Along Came a Llama is a delightful 1970s farming classic: a charming, witty potrait of country life that will warm the hearts of animal lovers everywhere."--Publisher.

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