Fun, easy read, very much of the Herriot type, in which an Irish vet talks about some of her cases. The animals treated are both farmyard and small domestic ones, but the former are the more entertaining, I think - partly because they're less familiar, and partly because (with the best will in the world) I don't feel the same tension about a sick sheep as I do a sick moggy. It's not fair, but we're emotionally invested in pets, aren't we? Even when they aren't ours. The story about the run-over cat was one I almost couldn't bear to read. Miraculously, it turned out to have a happy ending, and Hick received in the mail a photo of the cat being cuddled by the little girl who owned it, but they don't all turn out that way. I'm not sure I could be a vet, it seems so emotionally fraught.

Apparently there's a sequel. I look forward to reading it, as this (cat aside) was one of those light, appealing reads that requires very little from me and can thus be zipped through with enjoyment.