If Only They Could Talk

<p><b>This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of <i>If Only They Could Talk</i> features an afterword by Yorkshire Shepherdess and author Amanda Owen.</b></p><p>To young James Herriot, fresh out of veterinary college, Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But even life in the sleepy village of Darrowby has its challenges: from his new colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, to herds of semi-feral cattle and gruff farmers with incomprehensible accents.</p><p>Heart-breaking and hilarious in equal measure, <i>If Only They Could Talk</i> is the first volume of classic memoirs which chronicle James Herriot's first years as country vet in the 1930's.</p><p>This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of <i>If Only They Could Talk</i> features an afterword by Yorkshire Shepherdess and author Amanda Owen.<