The Lord God Made Them All: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

James Herriot

Book 4 of James Herriot

Language: English

Publisher: Pan

Published: May 16, 2012

My Rating: 5
Date read: Apr 13, 2020

Description:

The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series *All Creatures Great and Small. Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While the world has changed after the war, the blunt Yorkshire clients and menagerie of beasts with weird and wonderful ailments remain the same. But between his young son, Jimmy, trailing him around aping his every move, stubborn farmers refusing to try his ‘new-fangled’ treatments and a goat that has eaten 293 tomatoes, Darrowby is far from quiet. And with another baby on the way, life is about to get even more chaotic . . . Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, The Lord God Made Them All* is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain’s best-loved authors.

Review

“This is Herriot at his best. . . able to make us laugh, cry or nod in agreement with some snippet of universal truth.” ― The Washington Post “Herriot is a spellbinder as a storyteller.” ― The Seattle Times “James Herriot is a pied piper with the written word. He eases his readers into loving, liking and laughing at familiar characters, animal and human.” ― The Los Angeles Times “A master storyteller with flawless timing.” ― The Houston Post “Herriot's book just explodes with the joy of living and loving and caring.” ― The Columbus Dispatch “The warm of Herriot's prose approaches poetic. . . . a master storyteller.” ― Knight-Ridder Newspapers “A triumph in the art of storytelling, as delightful and refreshing to the mind's eye and heart as a field of bright-eyed daisies.” ― Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Review

"This is Herriot at his best. . . able to make us laugh, cry or nod in agreement with some snippet of universal truth."
-- The Washington Post

"Herriot is a spellbinder as a storyteller."
--- The Seattle Times

"James Herriot is a pied piper with the written word. He eases his readers into loving, liking and laughing at familiar characters, animal and human."
-- The Los Angeles Times

"A master storyteller with flawless timing."
-- The Houston Post

"Herriot's book just explodes with the joy of living and loving and caring."
-- The Columbus Dispatch

"The warm of Herriot's prose approaches poetic. . . . a master storyteller."
-- Knight-Ridder Newspapers

"A triumph in the art of storytelling, as delightful and refreshing to the mind's eye and heart as a field of bright-eyed daisies."
-- Fort Worth Star-Telegram