There is a new edition to Doreen’s animal family…

You would have thought that having two curious Siamese cats and a tortoise with wanderlust was enough to keep anyone on their toes.

Not so for Doreen and her husband Charles, who decide to take on a baby donkey to keep the nettles under control in the orchard.

When Annabel clip-clops into their lives they realise that, from the ear-splitting nocturnal howling to the numerous escape attempts, living with a donkey won’t be plain sailing…

DONKEY WORK continues Doreen Tovey’s memoirs about living with Siamese cats – and other animals: set in the British countryside, it is told with wit, mischief, and above all humour.