# Along Came a Llama by Ruth Janette Ruck (Hardcover)

**\*WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE MONTH\***  
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My Family and Other Animals_ meets _The Secret Life of Cows_: this rediscovered gem tells the** **charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever.**  
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Things llamas like:**  
Snaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the _Radio Times_.  
Curling up in 'tea-cosy' position by the fire.  
Orbiting, helicoptering, and oompahing.  
Locking victims in the lavatory.  
  
**Things llamas dislike:**  
Being adopted mother to an orphaned lamb.  
Invitations to star on _Blue Peter_.  
Snowdonia's rainfall.  
The dark.  
  
Ruth Ruck's family live on a **Welsh mountain farm**, no strangers to cow pats on the carpet and nesting hens in the larder. When dark days strike, they embark on a farming experiment to cheer them all up - but **raising a baby llama** proves more of an adventure than expected ...  
  
Reissued with a new foreword by **John Lewis-Stempel**, _Along Came a Llama_ is a delightful **1970s farming classic**: a charming, witty potrait of country life that will warm the hearts of animal lovers everywhere.  
  
_**'Full of soul ... One departs this book a convinced llama-lover ... It is a guide to the future. To a good life.'**_ John Lewis-Stempel

## Details

- **Price:** 9.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** Faber & Faber
- **Type:** Ruth Janette Ruck
- **Tags:** All Books, Nature

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
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| Default Title | 9.00 GBP | In stock |

## Images

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> Updated: 2026-10-13