What the Flock!
Raising Kids, Rearing Animals and Other Misadventures on Our Family Farm
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Sally Urwin
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Sally Urwin
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From high heels to welly boots–one woman’s misadventures in becoming a farmer, raising a family, and making a living from the land.
Twenty-five years ago, Sally Urwin was living in a tiny flat in the city with a high-pressure job. She was utterly miserable, suffering from depression, and longing for a different life.
When she met and married farmer Steve, she imagined herself wafting around in floral dresses followed by a bevy of rosy-cheeked children.
The reality is quite different....
Sally is usually wearing a jumper covered in sheep poo and bellowing at Mavis the collie to stop chasing Gladys the grumpy pony, and her kids are moaning about being dragged outside while she is caring for a ewe that has ingested a poisonous plant after wandering into the neighbor's garden.
But despite the chaos of juggling motherhood with running a farm, financial hardship, and dealing with poorly animals, the exhilarating freedom of rural life has helped Sally to heal her own body and mind. Lambing season might be backbreaking, but there’s no greater joy than cradling a newborn lamb.
With a mix of grit, humor, and the love of family, Sally shows us that it’s never too late to live the life you’ve always dreamed of.
Fans of The Yorkshire Shepherdess will love this hilarious, heartfelt, and honest account that will have you howling with laughter and sobbing into your tissues in equal measure.
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Loved it!
- By kara-karina on 02-11-15
By: Antonia Murphy
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Coop
- A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
- By: Michael Perry
- Narrated by: Michael Perry
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 210
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 209
Last seen sleeping off his wedding night in the back of a 1951 International Harvester pickup, Michael Perry is now living in a rickety Wisconsin farmhouse. Faced with 37 acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his pregnant wife that she intends to deliver their baby at home, Perry plumbs his unorthodox childhood - his city-bred parents took in more than 100 foster children while running a ramshackle dairy farm - for clues to how to proceed as a farmer, a husband, and a father.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- By dpenney on 12-22-16
By: Michael Perry
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Horses Never Lie About Love
- The Heartwarming Story of a Remarkable Horse Who Changed the World Around Her
- By: Jana Harris
- Narrated by: Susanna Burney
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4 out of 5 stars 70
Combining the drama of The God of Animals with the powerful realism of Chosen by a Horse, award-winning poet Jana Harris tells the inspiring story of her twenty-four-year relationship with a troubled but beautiful, blood-red feral mare who, in spite of her difficult past, has a talent for healing and helping every human and other being she comes into contact with.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Started off promising
- By Denise Di Giorgio on 03-23-12
By: Jana Harris
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The Shepherd's Life
- Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape
- By: James Rebanks
- Narrated by: Bryan Dick
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 729
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 664
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 656
Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. He's the first son of a shepherd who was the first son of a shepherd himself; his family have lived and worked in the Lake District of Northern England for generations, further back than recorded history. It's a part of the world known mainly for its romantic descriptions by Wordsworth and the much-loved illustrated children's books of Beatrix Potter. But James' world is quite different. His way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The Author Wears His Life As A Heavy Mantle
- By Sara on 12-06-15
By: James Rebanks
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That Bear Ate My Pants!
- Life and Near Death in an Ecuadorian Animal Refuge
- By: Tony James Slater
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
That Bear Ate My Pants! is the hilarious tale of one man's quest to better himself. Whether losing a machete fight with a tree, picking dead tarantulas out of a tank of live ones, or sewing the head back onto a partially decapitated crocodile, Tony's misadventures are ridiculous, unbelievable, and always entertaining.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Laughter is the best medicine
- By C C Johnson on 05-23-23
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Heart of the Dreaming
- By: Di Morrissey
- Narrated by: Natalie Bate
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
At 21 Queenie Hanlon has the world at her feet. Startlingly beautiful, wealthy and intelligent, she is the only daughter of Tingulla Station, the famed outback property in the wilds of western Queensland. At 22, her life lies in ruins. A series of disasters has robbed her of everything she has ever loved. Everything except Tingulla – her ancestral home and her spirit's Dreaming place. Now she is about to lose that too....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story
- By Anonymous User on 03-21-18
By: Di Morrissey
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Sheepish
- Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet
- By: Catherine Friend
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
What do you do when you love your farm...but it doesn’t love you? After 15 years of farming, Catherine Friend is tired. After all, while shepherding is one of the oldest professions, it’s not getting any easier. The number of sheep in America has fallen by 90 percent in the last 90 years. But just as Catherine thinks it’s time to hang up her shepherd’s crook, she discovers that sheep might be too valuable to give up. What ensues is a funny, thoughtful romp through the history of our woolly friends, why small farms are important, and how each one of us - and the planet - would benefit from being very sheepish, indeed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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We're all a little sheepish
- By Pam on 12-23-14
By: Catherine Friend
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My Gentle Barn
- Creating a Sanctuary Where Animals Heal and Children Learn to Hope
- By: Ellie Laks
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story5 out of 5 stars 75
Founder Ellie Laks started The Gentle Barn after adopting a sick goat from a run-down petting zoo in 1999. Some 200 animals later (including chickens, horses, pigs, cows, rabbits, emus, and more), The Gentle Barn has become an extraordinary nonprofit that brings together a volunteer staff of community members and at-risk teens to rehabilitate abandoned and/or abused animals. My Gentle Barn weaves together the story of how the Barn came to be what it is today with Ellie's own journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gratitude
- By Kindle customer on 08-29-16
By: Ellie Laks
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The Boy Who Talked to Dogs
- A Memoir
- By: Martin McKenna
- Narrated by: Aaron Abano
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 557
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 518
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 517
Badly misunderstood by his family and teachers, Martin escaped from endless bullying by running away from home and eventually adopting or being adopted by six street dogs. Camping out in barns, escaping from farmers, and learning to fend for himself by caring for his new friends, Martin discovered a different kind of language, strict laws of behavior, and strange customs that defined the world of dogs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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*Changes, -EVERYTHING
- By Michelle wilkes on 09-05-20
By: Martin McKenna
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Barra Creek
- By: Di Morrissey
- Narrated by: Kate Hood
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
It's 1963 and Sally Mitchell, the daughter of a New Zealand sheep farmer, is on her way to England. On a stop-over in Sydney, she impulsively takes a job as a governess at Barra Creek, and finds herself in a different world: one dominated by John Monroe and his strict and proper wife, Lorna. Here, Sally's life changes forever. Only Lorna knows the truth of a mysterious death and a terrible injustice. Now, in 2003, she searches for the former governess to and share her horrific secret.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Realy good book
- By Lia on 09-06-11
By: Di Morrissey
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Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang
- By: Emma Thompson
- Narrated by: Emma Thompson
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
Nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album For Children. Who better to read the novel of the new Nanny McPhee film than Nanny McPhee herself, Emma Thompson, who also wrote both the screenplay and the novel. This delightful audio edition captures the magic and the mayhem of Nanny McPhee’s brand new adventure – it will have you laughing out loud!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Story+Film Diary+Emma Thompson=Joy
- By Pam M on 08-02-17
By: Emma Thompson
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Escape to Willow Cottage
- Willow Cottage Series
- By: Bella Osborne
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Hopper
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Beth is running away. With her young son, Leo, to protect, Willow Cottage is the lifeline she so desperately needs. Overlooking the village green in a beautiful Cotswolds idyll, Beth sees a warm, caring and safe place for little Leo. When she finally uncovers the cottage from underneath the boughs of a weeping willow tree, Beth realises this is far more of a project than she bargained for, and the locals are more than a little eccentric!
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4 out of 5 stars
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good but misleading description - features abuse
- By dc customer on 04-01-22
By: Bella Osborne
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The Wolf Border
- By: Sarah Hall
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4 out of 5 stars 93
For almost a decade, Rachel Caine has turned her back on home, kept distant by family disputes and her work monitoring wolves on an Idaho reservation. But now, summoned by the eccentric Earl of Annerdale and his controversial scheme to reintroduce the grey wolf to the English countryside, she is back in the peat and wet light of the Lake District. The earl's project harks back to an ancient idyll of untamed British wilderness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous.
- By V on 05-27-15
By: Sarah Hall
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What The Cat Dragged In
- Celtic Witch Mysteries Series, Book 1
- By: Molly Milligan
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
The body that turns up in Bron's garden has been there for decades, and he died of natural causes. Just rebury him and carry on as normal, right? But it's kinda hard to be normal when the ghost of the dead man has been disturbed, and now he want...well, just what does he want? It's down to Bron, a traditional hedge witch, to find out. If she doesn't, that ghost is going to be lingering in corners and upsetting kitchen chairs for the rest of her life. Creepy, tedious, and noisy, all at the same time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oh, thank the Goddess
- By Laura Pond on 11-14-24
By: Molly Milligan
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Best Friends
- The True Story of the World's Most Beloved Animal Sanctuary
- By: Samantha Glen
- Narrated by: Juliette Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Discover a place where every animal is safe, loved, and allowed to live out its natural life. Here is the inspiring true story of Best Friends, an animal sanctuary a few dedicated people made happen, and thousands of furry and feathered friends have called home. Meet the residents, including Sinjin, the badly burned black cat and Sparkles, the broken-down packhorse. Meet their rescuers: a famous symphony conductor, a successful architect, veterinarians, and others.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A MUST Read
- By Tracy on 07-15-11
By: Samantha Glen
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Enchanted Glass
- By: Diana Wynne Jones
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 352
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 299
The mysterious Stalkers show up at almost the same instant 12-year-old Aiden Cain’s grandmother dies. Following his grandmother’s instructions, Aiden decides to seek out a powerful sorcerer at Melstone House. Yet when he arrives, he discovers the man died a year earlier. Melstone House now belongs to the sorcerer’s adult grandson Andrew, who agrees to help Aiden with the Stalker problem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magic and Ordinary Life
- By Gentle Reader Jill on 01-24-11
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The Wicked Girls
- By: Alex Marwood
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,826
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3,464
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,460
On a fateful summer morning in 1986, two 11-year-old girls meet for the first time. By the end of the day, they will both be charged with murder. Twenty-five years later, journalist Kirsty Lindsay is reporting on a series of sickening attacks on young female tourists in a seaside vacation town when her investigation leads her to interview carnival cleaner Amber Gordon. For Kirsty and Amber, it's the first time they've seen each other since that dark day so many years ago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I didn't want to like these girls...
- By Lesley on 08-30-13
By: Alex Marwood
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- MolllyT
- 07-07-22
Life on a family farm. Loved it!
animal-husbandry, depression, family, family-business, farm-animals, farming, friendship, fun, infectious-disease, invisible-disability, isolation, memoir, mental-health-awareness, nonfiction, Northumberland, quarantine,*****
I don't know how to tell you how much I loved this book, but I do plan to buy several copies to give to friends. There are so many stories included in this narrative!
Taking a lamb in diapers to book signings, transforming outbuildings into a destination farm venue complete with tearoom and craft ale brewery.
The Foot and Mouth epidemic of 2002 that was so disastrous for farmers and consumers alike. Even worse than the Covid mess.
Did you know that a whitesmith is a metalworker who does finishing work on iron and steel such as filing, lathing, burnishing or polishing?
Whether you live in the British Isles, Australia, or in Wisconsin, farm life is tough, rewarding, fun, back-breaking, and a real financial and mental health challenge.
You just CAN'T go wrong with having the author as narrator.
I requested and received a free temporary audio copy from Thread, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd. and Bookouture via NetGalley. Thank you!
And now I have my own copy!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 10-03-22
So enjoyed
This was a little breath of fresh air. Appreciated the honesty, giggled at the humor and savored closing my eyes and visiting the lovely countryside.
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