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My Animals And Other Family (2012)

by Clare Balding(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0670921467 (ISBN13: 9780670921461)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Viking

review 1: Clare Balding is a well known sports presenter with a special interest in horse racing. I have no interest in sports and an out and out dislike of racing......but I adored this book, and could not put it down. Clare gallops joyously through her rather eccentric life, basing each chapter on a beloved dog or horse from the period being described.... She graduates from a plump Thelwell-type Shetland pony called Valkyrie, to gymkhana ponies, and finally on to racing the thoroughbreds trained by her father, who's a famous horse trainer. Throughout this journey we are immersed in her deep love of animals,sharing her pleasure in a life rich in dogs, horses and riding.Her family is quite batty - her mother in a charming and rather sweet way, her father in an unpleasantly... more chauvinistic and narcissistic manner, whilst her ever-present grandmother just seems plain horrible. She has a beloved younger brother too, who accompanies her bravely her on many of her outrageous exploits.Clare has guts. Funny, stoical, determined, adventurous, she tells her story honestly and with humility. One cannot help but like her. I ain't going to be watching sport on television any day soon, that is for sure, but I am delighted to have got to know a bit about this captivating woman and her interesting life. What a great read.
review 2: Oh my goodness! Clare balding is an absolutely wonderful person!What a fantastically raw, creative writing talent she has! The comments on the cover of the book are totally true! I wasnt just a person looking in on clare's life. I was living it right beside her! I feel i made a new friend and am mortified to see her grow up! A wonderful read and cannot wait to pick up any of her other pieces of work! less

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