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The Vet 1: my wild and wonderful friends Luke Gamble

The Vet 1: my wild and wonderful friends By Luke Gamble

The Vet 1: my wild and wonderful friends by Luke Gamble


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Summary

Heart-warming tales of life as a newly-qualified vet working with creatures great and small in the West Country, by Luke Gamble, a modern-day James Herriot.

The Vet 1: my wild and wonderful friends Summary

The Vet 1: my wild and wonderful friends by Luke Gamble

'Luke Gamble is a West Country treasure. Like Dr Doolittle, but real!' MARTIN CLUNES

Fresh out of university, vet Luke Gamble joined a mixed practice in Dorset, run by the stern but benevolent Mr Spotswode. He found himself quickly thrust into the real world of veterinary medicine: truculent farmers, out-of-hours-surgery, nasty biting squirrels, operating on frog's eyeballs and some of the harsher facts of farming life, like dealing with a tragic outbreak of foot and mouth.

Luke dreams of setting up his own practice, and finding his place in the big wild world. These dreams, however, are never quite as straightforward as they may seem. In the first instalment of his memoir, the young vet not only learns much about his trade, but also learns a lot about himself, along the way developing a group of close friends, both animal and human. The most important of these is Cordelia - the woman of his dreams - and his quest to win her heart is a marathon.

Warm-hearted, witty and full of weird and wonderful tales, The Vet is the perfect read for animal lovers.

The Vet 1: my wild and wonderful friends Reviews

In this book, Luke Gamble tells of the horror of the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak from a personal angle with the terrible consequences on the farmers he visits, challenging you to keep a dry eye. But not content with the challenges of everyday vet work, he embarks on an epic 152-mile run across the Sahara to raise money for his charity and win the heart of his wife Cordelia. * BBC Countryfile Magazine *
A gamut of emotions; laughter, serious weeping, but always enjoyable * Clarissa Dickson Wright *
Luke Gamble is a West Country treasure . . . like Dr Doolittle but real! * Martin Clunes *
For anyone who has even the slightest interest in animals, this book is a must read. Luke Gamble is the new James Herriott and Gerald Durrell * What's Good to Do *

About Luke Gamble

Luke Gamble graduated from Bristol University in 1999 as a vet before specialising in large animal medicine and surgery at Cambridge. Primarily based in his New Forest practice, his extra-curricular work with the Worldwide Veterinary Service charity (which he founded in 2003) takes him further afield. He also runs an emergency service for animals in Dorset and a pet travel company.

Alongside his veterinary endeavours, Luke is a black belt in karate, has run the Marathon Des Sables (for charity and to impress his wife) and in 2010 was awarded the James Herriot Award by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association for outstanding contributions to the welfare of companion animals.

Luke is married to a vet and lives in New Forest with his three children, Angel the ridgeback and a bossy rescue cat called Charlie.

The Vet: my wild and wonderful friends was his first book, followed by his overseas adventures in The Vet: the big wild world.

Additional information

GOR002894963
9781444721751
1444721755
The Vet 1: my wild and wonderful friends by Luke Gamble
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Murray Press
20110428
352
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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