Singing to Donkeys: a life working for the Brooke Hospital for Animals

By Lynne Nesbit

In this book of memoirs, Lynne Nesbit recalls some magic moments chosen from her experience during nearly twenty-nine years on the staff of The Brooke. Lynne worked in various capacities between 1982 and 2011, when she retired. The book opens a window onto the life of The Brooke, its poignant moments, its funnier moments, and the making of some of its history, as witnessed by its longest-standing staff member.For reasons of confidentiality, some of Lynne's most valued and interesting experiences are not recorded here: her years as Secretary to the Board of Trustees; her interactions with many inspirational supporters; her work as Legacy Manager, during the course of which Lynne maintained that the whole spectrum of human behaviour was revealed, as she tried to protect the Brooke's interests and rightful inheritance, while maintaining a compassionate and sanguine attitude; and counting rosettes for Brooke Junior Club members......Many readers will have been associated with the Brooke Hospital for Animals far longer than Lynne has. They can join those burgeoning numbers who haven't been a "Brookie" for so long to cast a backward glance at how it was thirty years ago and how much committed work by so many people over this period has made the Brooke the influential charity for working equids overseas that it is today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511770228
• ISBN13: 9781511770224
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 8.5"