The Yorkshire Shepherdess is now a Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller.
Amanda Owen has been seen by millions on ITV's The Dales, living a
life that has almost gone in today's modern world, a life ruled by the
seasons and her animals. She is a farmer's wife and shepherdess, living
alongside her husband Clive and seven children at Ravenseat, a 2,000
acre sheep hill farm at the head of Swaledale in North Yorkshire. It's a
challenging life, but one she loves. In The Yorkshire Shepherdess she
describes how the rebellious girl from Huddersfield, who always wanted
to be a shepherdess, achieved her dreams. Full of amusing anecdotes and
unforgettable characters, the book takes us from fitting in with the
locals to fitting in motherhood, from the demands of the livestock to
the demands of raising a large family in such a rural backwater. Amanda
also evokes the peace of winter, when they can be cut off by snow
without electricity or running water, the happiness of spring and the
lambing season, and the backbreaking tasks of summertime--hay-making and
sheep-shearing--inspiring us all to look at the countryside and those
who work there with new appreciation.