Biography
Warm, humorous memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet treating animals and navigating rural life with his wife Helen beside him.
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Warm, humorous memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet treating animals and navigating rural life with his wife Helen beside him.
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With his wife Helen by his side, and a partner's plate on Skeldale House's railings, James Herriot thinks the Yorkshire Dales have never seemed more beautiful. Despite farmers who think nothing of calling him out to freezing fields at three o'clock in the morning, then drunkenly serenading him as he tends to a ewe in labour. Or vicious pigs who have to be bribed into their pens with biscuits. But there are bright moments too: pulling off a miracle cure with the new sulphonamide drugs; and saving...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mild marital affection with wife Helen; no explicit content
Violence & gore
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Animal injuries and veterinary procedures; no human violence
Profanity
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Occasional mild rural slang and light swearing
Substance use
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Social drinking; occasional drunken farmers depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation present
Religious content
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Passing cultural Christian references
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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No political or ideological messaging present
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content present
Abuse & suffering
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Animal illness and distress treated compassionately in practice
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