A lovely book.

I love medical memoirs; doctor, nurse, midwife, vet; so was very interested to read this when I saw it. I've read most of the James Herriot books, and Yorkshire Vet Peter Wright's memoirs, but I thought I hadn't heard of or seen Matt Jackson-Smith on TV. At the opening, through Peter Wright's foreword, I found he's another Yorkshire Vet, having joined the surgery, and appeared on the programme.

He was born in Dewsbury and grew up in Mirfield. His older brother had a Dairy Farm in Cumbria. Matt spent time there as he grew up. As I was reading, I found he worked, right from when he did his work experience, at Donaldson's Vets in Huddersfield-the vets we used, just a few minutes down the road! He mentioned another vet who used to work at the surgery, Sid, I remember her as our Welsh Terrier, Megan, liked to see this lady. Megan was very nervous, particularly of men, so she preferred to see Sid. Many of the surroundings mentioned in the book are near to my area; places I know.

The book is a lovely mix of childhood memories, anecdotes and experiences; laughter and tears; happy and harder times. It was quick, easy reading. Written in a conversational style. Down-to-earth, chatty. Reight!

I've read quite a few medical and vet memoirs, and you'd think the same things would crop up, but that's not so, there was plenty of different stuff, cases and body parts (or missing body parts) I hadn't heard of before. Written in a simple way and easy to understand, so you're not having to go back over and re-read things. I loved his style of writing.

Varied, and a lot of content-although the way I whizzed through it because it was so good, it felt much shorter, and I do hope he writes more.

A fabulous read, and an absolute joy.