All Things Bright and Beautiful

English

ISBN: 0312966199

EAN: 9780312966195

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Medical/Medical / Veterinary Medicine / General/

Publisher: St. Martins Press

Release Date: 07/31/1998

Synopsis: The worlds most beloved animal doctor delightfully continues where he left off inAll Creatures Great and Smallwith new adventures through the Yorkshire dales-- and a whole new menagerie of memorable patients. Young James, now married and working as a small-town vet, encounters a cast of extraordinary characters as he makes his way through the Yorkshire countryside tending to sick cattle, pregnant ewes, ailing dogs-- and their eccentric owners. As always, Herriots warmth, humor, and singular view of life make us laugh and cry, as we marvel at the everyday miracles he creates. James Herriotwas born in Scotland and practiced veterinary medicine in Yorkshire, England, for half a century until he died in 1995. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestsellerAll Creatures Great and Small. The worlds most beloved animal doctor delightfully continues where he left off inAll Creatures Great and Smallwith new adventures through the Yorkshire dalesand a whole new menagerie of memorable patients. Young James, now married and working as a small-town vet, encounters a cast of extraordinary characters as he makes his way through the Yorkshire countryside tending to sick cattle, pregnant ewes, ailing dogsand their eccentric owners. As always, Herriots warmth, humor, and singular view of life make us laugh and cry, as we marvel at the everyday miracles he creates. The kind of book that makes an evening seem a little warmer and your pet a bit more important.The Philadelphia Inquirer A very warm, very engaging read . . . the reader falls totally under his spell.The Associated Press Whether sad or glad, each story shows his affection for animals and people . . . this man is a celebrant of life.Chicago Tribune Herriot is both tender and wise . . .All Things Bright and Beautifulis a book to be happy with.The Boston Globe You had better read this book yourself. Its a treat, a rare one, and God knows we all need all treat these days.The Washington Post Human beings just naturally respond to a writer as lovable, wholesome, eloquent, humorous and well-stocked with anecdotes as James Herriot. He offers a mastery of both the comic and the tragic.Chicago Tribune All Things Bright and Beautifulis like a visit to a loved place inhabited by dear friends.The Cleveland Plain Dealer James Herriot has served up another warm, witty, wonderful book inAll Things Bright and Beautiful.The Indianapolis News It is impossible to speak of this second book without thinking strongly of the first. For it is truly a repeated miracle asAll Creatures Great and Smallwas described. Whatever joy one found in the first is in the second, only even more joyous; whatever laughter rippled from the throat in the reading of the first, finds even greater gusto in this one. It is funny, wry, simple in its story but as deep and perceptive of lifes truths as the superlative sensitivity of the writer and his talent can make it. Best seller list, look out!The Hartford Courant Humour, realism, sensitivity, earthiness; animals comic and tragic; and people droll, pathetic, courageous, eccentricall of whom he views with the same gentle compassion and a lively sense of the sad, the ridiculous, and the admirable.The Columbus Dispatch Superb, a book to be enjoyed in one sitting or in bits and pieces to make it last longer.Library Journal

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 4.13 inches

Length: 6.75 inches

Weight: 7.55 oz

Pages: 438