{"product_id":"along-came-a-llama-ruth-janette-ruck-9780571363193","title":"Along Came a Llama","description":"*WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE MONTH*\nMy Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever.\nThings llamas like:\nSnaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the Radio Times.\nCurling up in 'tea-cosy' position by the fire.\nOrbiting, helicoptering, and oompahing. \nLocking victims in the lavatory. \nThings llamas dislike:\nBeing adopted mother to an orphaned lamb.\nInvitations to star on Blue Peter. \nSnowdonia’s rainfall. \nThe dark. \nRuth Ruck’s family live on a Welsh mountain farm, no strangers to cow pats on the carpet and nesting hens in the larder. 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 …\nReissued with a new foreword by John Lewis-Stempel, Along Came a Llama is a delightful 1970s farming classic: a charming, witty potrait of country life that will warm the hearts of animal lovers everywhere.\n'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","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51452850077984,"sku":"9780571363193","price":8.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780571363193.jpg?v=1780766044","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/along-came-a-llama-ruth-janette-ruck-9780571363193","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}