I’d like to thank Mirror Books and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘The Yorkshire Vet’ by Peter Wright in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Peter Wright was born in 1956 near Thirsk in the Yorkshire Downs, and tells of his childhood, his training at Liverpool University, and how he was offered work experience and later on a full-time position at Kirkgate then Skeldale with Jim (son of Alf Wight on whom the books of James Herriot were based), Tim and Julian.

Since Channel Five began showing ‘The Yorkshire Vet’ it’s been a favourite programme of mine. The book describes Peter Wright’s day-to-day life healing and caring for ‘all creatures great and small’, and some of the stories told I remember from the series. The heartbreak when an animal can’t be saved brought tears to my eyes, as did the catastrophic events that foot and mouth brought to the farming industry. I enjoyed looking at the photographs and reading about his childhood and family life with wife Lin and two children. It was clear to see that Peter loves animals and the recent decisions made show how he cares about the future of the veterinary practice he’s been part of for so many years. This is a heart-warming story written with compassion and poignancy and I enjoyed it.

I was so happy when this book was approved on Netgalley. I grew up reading Herriot's book and I like the Yorkshire Vet show and Peter Wright.
I had high expectations that were all met.
It was a fascinating and enjoyable trip down the memory lane. It was great to read about the people behind the books, the different cases and the life in Yorkshire.
I live the style of writing and how the memories were assembled. It's page turner that kept me hooked till the last page.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to Mirror Books and Netgalley for this ARC

Peter Wright is a vet who left Liverpool University and then worked with Alf Wight (aka James Herriot, The original Yorkshire Vet) at the Skeldale Veterinarian Practice in Thirsk in Yorkshire with Alf as his mentor. He had already met Alf many times before his appointment to work at Skeldale when he did his work experience. It was inevitable that Peter would eventually return to his roots in God’s Own Land and work as a newly qualified vet just a few miles from his home. When Alf and his partner (called Siegfried Farnon in the Herriot memoirs) retired, Peter worked with Jim Wight, Alf’s son and eventually became a partner at the practice.
Peter Wright moved the Skeldale practice into a new purpose built practice but kept the iconic name of Skeldale. The old practice became a tourist attraction dedicated to all things James Herriot, famous for his many best-sellers, true life stories about his life as a rural vet. I read all of these avidly, watched the films and the TV series called ‘All Creatures Great and Small’. I loved them all. Julian Norton also worked at Skeldale and starred with Peter in ‘The Yorkshire Vet’, another TV series about the humans, animals and even more that pass through the doors of the practice.
This memoir is all about Peter’s life as a Vet, his social and family life and his achievements. It’s well written and includes animals and their humans seen in the TV series alongside anecdotes that are fresh and new. There are lots of funny incidents, heartwarming stories and some heartbreaking scenarios, all dealt with by Peter and his hardworking staff and showing their understanding, compassion and sense of humour. It is very informative and interesting. I received this book through my membership of NetGalley and from publisher Mirror Books in return for an honest review. Thank you most sincerely for my copy. I recommend it as a lovely read for animal lovers and those who like to find out more about real life incidents.

Fascinating and absolutely engrossing.

Peter Wright worked in Sinclair and Wight's practice in Thirsk. 'James Herriot's' practice. I grew up reading the wonderful Herriot books and at the time never realised the surgery was so near to the area I live in so this book has tremendous appeal. This is a new gem in the nostalgic world of James Herriot. Easy reading, not loaded with technical terms, so easy to enjoy. I loved how he told his story. Lots of warmth and nostalgia, just lovely.

I haven't seen the TV series 'The Yorkshire Vet', but I had noticed and bought both of the books by the other vet in the series, Julian Norton, and have yet to read those. So I was coming to this book first. It was totally my sort of book. The author qualified in 1981, is now in his 60s, and he's been a vet for more than 35 years. The book starts with a quick whizz through what a typical working day in his life as a vet is like. Then it goes back to his childhood onwards, interspersing many anecdotes along the way. Stories from something as minor as a family pet getting their claws trimmed, to surgery to remove a tumour, small animals, and large farm animals etc-it's all in here, the wide variety of cases in a vet's daily life. Even from the opening chapter, I could tell it was going to be a fascinating read.

Here's a lovely book which can satisfy your thirst for knowledge, tug at your heartstrings and make you chuckle now and then too. Wonderful!

Peter Wright's new book, The Yorkshire Vet: In the Footsteps of Herriot, is almost a sequel to the lovely books previously written by his former partner James Herriot (Alf Wight). Whereas Herriott usually regaled us with pleasant anecdotes of the animals and people he met as a result of his travels Wright has written his biography and spent a fair bit of time explaining the politics behind decisions that were made by the veterinarian practice where he worked and complaining about governmental decisions and policies that affected his traditional professional processes.

Wright's evocative descriptions of the way his life used to be, both for him personally and for Yorkshire farmers as a whole ring true and one can clearly hear the wistfulness in his voice for a simpler time. This reviewer was particularly disturbed by the author's failure to put the events of his book in chronological order and wonders why his editor didn't help him with this issue.

I received a free copy of this ebook via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was expecting so much more from this book. I was disappointed that there were not more cases that he had treated through his career.

It’s still worth a read but not what I had hoped it to be

I am a huge fan and watch this programme so I knew I would have no problem reading this book. It is a wonderful book filled with Peters tales and stories. It also gives you an idea of what a vets life is actually like. A book to cwtch up to and relax.
Thank you to both NetGalley and Mirror Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Peter Wright is a veterinarian in England ... he is the co-owner of and works at Skeldale Veterinary Centre, the clinic where Alf Wight (the real life James Herriot) worked. After he finished vet school, Wright worked with Alf, Donald Sinclair (Siegfried in Herriot's books) and Jim (Alf's son). The TV show Yorkshire Vet (which I've never seen or heard of) apparently follows the adventures of the vets in this clinic.

I like reading books about animals and loved the James Herriot series so that's why this book caught my eye. Wright tells of growing up in rural England, going to vet school, joining the practice with Alf and Donald, tending to the animals in his area, how things have changed over the years and more.

I liked this book and the writing style. Wright sounds like a nice fella. There were many references to the Yorkshire Vet, English personalities and English organizations and news, though, which I'd never heard of (no doubt, those in English will be able to relate to the references). I liked the stories about the local characters and animals. It was interesting to read about Alf and Donald's retirements and deaths and how the practice carried on after they had retired.

Not only did the book give an insight to earlier veterinary practices, but also life in Yorkshire. . If the reader has heard Peter Wright speak, they will be able to hear him in their mind as the book is read. He has many stories to tell, about his own practice and when he worked with James Herriott. An absolutely fascinating book - any one who has an interest in animals - large or small will love it.