The Vet 1: my wild and wonderful friends
Two Roads (Verlag)
978-1-4447-2175-1 (ISBN)
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'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.
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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.4.2011 |
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| Zusatzinfo | None |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 602 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie | |
| Veterinärmedizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4447-2175-5 / 1444721755 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4447-2175-1 / 9781444721751 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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