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My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding is a funny, brave, tender story of self-discovery

''I had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog, and suspect I had aged in dog years.''

Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household. Her father a champion trainer, she shared her life with more than 100 thoroughbred racehorses, mares, foals and ponies, as well as an ever-present pack of boxers and lurchers. As a toddler she would happily ride the legendary Mill Reef and take breakfast with the Queen.

She and her younger brother came very low down the pecking order. Left to their own devices, they had to learn life''s toughest lessons through the animals, and through their adventures in the stables and the idyllic Hampshire Downs. From the protective Candy to the pot-bellied Valkyrie and the frisky Hattie, each horse and each dog had their own character and their own special part to play.

The running family joke was th

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Moving, funny and larger than life -- Michael Morpurgo
Simply fabulous -- Jilly Cooper

My Animals and Other Family

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 11 April 2013
      ISBN-13 9780241959756
      978-0241959756
      ISBN-10 0241959756
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      Biography Autobiography: sport Entertainment Television Sport Equestrian and animal sports

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding is a funny, brave, tender story of self-discovery

      ''I had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog, and suspect I had aged in dog years.''

      Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household. Her father a champion trainer, she shared her life with more than 100 thoroughbred racehorses, mares, foals and ponies, as well as an ever-present pack of boxers and lurchers. As a toddler she would happily ride the legendary Mill Reef and take breakfast with the Queen.

      She and her younger brother came very low down the pecking order. Left to their own devices, they had to learn life''s toughest lessons through the animals, and through their adventures in the stables and the idyllic Hampshire Downs. From the protective Candy to the pot-bellied Valkyrie and the frisky Hattie, each horse and each dog had their own character and their own special part to play.

      The running family joke was th

      Trade Review
      Moving, funny and larger than life -- Michael Morpurgo
      Simply fabulous -- Jilly Cooper

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