Beware Dobermanns, Donkeys & Ducks

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Summary: Animal tales, show business memoirs & English rural life.
Review: I bought this book blind, there was no blurb, thinking it might be a children's book or if not it could be part of my fledgling donkey story collection. I absolve amazon.com for failing to categorize it. Alexandra Bastedo is a British actress and life long animal lover. She and her husband, director Patrick Garland have a rural property overflowing with an assortment of animals many of whom were brought to them needing homes.

The book is an entertaining mix of James Herriot style animal stories, tales of theatrical productions and personalities, and introducing many British animal rescue groups.

Cherry Blossom the escape artist donkey, a vicious guinea fowl, Emma Thompson, Omar Sharif, tea with the Queen "Mum", Blue the trooping doberman - it's all here. Everyone probably has an auntie who would love this book.