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I grab the motionless lamb which is frighteningly slippery and scramble on my feet swinging its little body around to help it breathe I see its chest move then it sneezes and starts breathing Its stunned by its delivery experience As am I Im high on adrenaline Tears are streaming down my face I pop the lamb down on the ground and start frantically rubbing its tiny body Looking back I can see that this was one of the first moments of questioning whether Im truly cut out for farming and realising that the answer might be yes

Zo Colville spent years in a fancy hair salon with a long list of clients living on cigarettes croissants and a shoestring It was everything shed ever wanted But when an unexpected and overwhelming loss caused her life to shift unexpectedly she found herself on a different path One where the only use for a hairdryer is warming newborn lambs where the cycle of life on a farm gives new meaning on purpose and where nature is both a strict teacher and a balm to soothe the pressures of everyday life

Alongside her longterm boyfriend Zo is now a fulltime farmer business owner and activist In this memoir she speaks vivaciously humourously and candidly about the lessons learned along the way from mental health social media and identity to surviving as an entrepreneur in a shifting economy And through those lessons in love loss and lambing discovering something even more important that its always the right time to take a bold step and try something new

PRAISE FOR THE CHIEF SHEPHERDESS

A new breed of shepherdess blazing a trail across social media challenging outdated ideas about the job and capturing the publics imagination along the way Daily Mail

The shepherdess whose flock you definitely need to follow Hello

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