Along Came a Llama

This charming rediscovered gem in the tradition of All Creatures Great and Small tells the heartwarming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever.

Things llamas like: Slurping up cherry brandy, Easter chocolate, and Dad's favorite magazine. Curling up in ball on the rug by the fire. Orbiting, helicoptering, and oompahing. > Things llamas dislike: Being adopted mother to an orphaned lamb. Invitations to star on children's TV shows. Dreadful British weather. > Ruth Ruck's family live on a rural farm, tucked into the mountains of Wales, no strangers to cow pats on the carpet and nesting hens in the pantry. 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 ...

Reissued with a new foreword by John Lewis-Stempel, Along Came a Llama is a delightful 1970s farming classic: a charming, witty portrait of country life that will warm the hearts of animal lovers everywhere.

"Full of soul ... One departs this book a convinced llama-lover ... It is a guide to the future. To a good life." -- John Lewis-Stempel

Ruth Janette Ruck