My Animals And Other Family

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Viking
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition

Description: 257 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding is a funny, brave, tender story of self-discoveryI had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog, and suspect I had aged in dog years. By the time I was ten I had discovered the pain of unbearable loss. I had felt joy and jealousy. Most important of all, I knew how to love and how to let myself be loved. All these things I learnt through animals. Horses and dogs were my family and my friends. This is their story as much as it is mineClare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household. Her father a champion trainer, she shared her life with more than 100 thoroughbred racehorses, mares, foals and ponies, as well as an ever-present pack of boxers and lurchers. As a toddler she would happily ride the legendary Mill Reef and take breakfast with the Queen.She and her younger brother came very low down the pecking order. Left to their own devices, they had to learn lifes toughest lessons through the animals, and through their adventures in the stables and the idyllic Hampshire Downs. From the protective Candy to the pot-bellied Valkyrie and the frisky Hattie, each horse and each dog had their own character and their own special part to play.The running family joke was that "women aint people". Clare has to prove them wrong, to make her voice heard - but first she had to make sure she had something to say.Moving, funny and larger than life Michael MorpurgoMagical, enchanting, riotously eccentric Daily MailFunny and moving, James Herriot meets David Sedaris The TimesForthright, thoughtful, funny . . . reads like a Jilly Cooper novel Sunday TimesFunny and unexpectedly wise. Balding has lots of good stories to tell. It is impossible not to admire her honesty Mail on SundayShe can do anything. If there were four more Clare Baldings, wed have our empire back. Six, and wed be colonising the Moon. And there would be crumpets and ashtrays for everyone Caitlin Moran, The TimesThe reading equivalent of snuggling by the fire with a labrador The GuardianA funny, affectionate memoir Independent on SundayCharming, refreshingly self-depreciating, funny and moving. Balding tells it with immense flair Daily ExpressClare Balding is an award-winning broadcaster and writer. She became the face of the BBCs racing coverage in 1998, and now works across a wide range of sports for television and radio. She has been a lead presenter for the Olympics, Paralympics, Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games. For more than twelve years, she has hiked across the countryside for the BBC Radio 4 series Ramblings.Clare has presented Countryfile, Britains Hidden Heritage, Britain By Bike, Crufts, and Famous & Fearless, and has appeared on QI, Have I Got News for You and Sport Relief. She has been voted RTS Sports Presenter of the Year and Racing Broadcaster of the Year. She lives in West London with her partner Alice, their wayward Tibetan Terrier Archie and a cat who couldnt give a damn called Itty. My Animals and Other Family is Clares first book.

ISBN: 9780670921461