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.
- Fluttering movie star eyelashes at surprised visitors.
- Curling up in 'tea-cosy' position by the fire.
- Orbiting, helicoptering, and oompahing.
- Humming along to classical music.
- Locking victims in the lavatory.
Things llamas dislike:
- Having toenails trimmed by a visiting circus.
- Being adopted mother to an orphaned lamb.
- Invitations to star on Blue Peter.
- Accidentally swimming.
- 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 .
