A sincere thank you for providing me an advanced audio version of “What The Flock!” in exchange for an honest review. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to listen to this story and leave my review voluntarily.

I absolutely loved listening to What the Flock! I have a fleeting dream to own a little homestead farm of my own someday, but listening to this book reminds me that it isnt all fun and games and petting cute animals all day. Farming takes a ton of work and dedication, and sometimes you have no control over things like the outbreak of covid or Brexit or any other number of things that can effect your livelihood. Sally Irwin is honest about the struggles of the farm and her personal battles with anxiety and depression, but there are also plenty of stories about sweet animals and her relationship with them. If you dream of farm life like me, or you just love reading memoirs of every day people, you will enjoy this book.

This was so funny and yet so informative and educational. I really enjoyed listening to it over the course of my day. As a current small homesteader, I learned a lot and related to her stories.
Sally tells of her life in the corporate world and how unfulfilled it left her. She decides to try a dating app and ends up meeting Steve, a sheep farmer who takes her to his farm on their first date and one of the lambs gives birth while they’re on their date and Sally realizes this is the kind of life she’d rather have. As they grow more serious in their relationships and eventually get married, they go through different stages with their animals and farming and Sally tells the ups and downs honestly and with lots of humor. She doesn’t sugarcoat how tough the life is, physically or monetarily, but she also points out how rewarding it can be. I love that she took in and cared for the lambs and pigs that were deemed not good enough and gave them fun names and nursed them to health.
I was not aware of her social media presence but I am a follower now because I can’t wait to see what her life is like on a daily basis.
I absolutely loved hearing her tell her tales in her own voice. It added so much to the stories and gave it so much emotion.
Thanks to Thread Publishing and NetGalley for this audiobook arc in exchange for my review.

I have a fantasy of moving out of the city and buying a piece of land building a house adding animals one at a time and living off the grid. When I saw and read the synopsis for What The Flock, I knew I wanted to give it a go! This was my first time hearing Sally Urwins name and I’m glad I know it now. She is a story teller and has lived a fascinating transition from working the everyday Job to becoming a farmers wife. Which entails more than what I was thinking and don’t think I could hack it. If your a fan of Ballerina Farm, farming or looking for a unique story with humor and hardships this would be the one!

I greatly enjoyed What the Flock! This is nonfiction, basically the author's life as a farmer's wife. She's great at telling us all the details of her life, including her personal struggles with anxiety and the farm's struggles during Covid and Brexit. I appreciate her honesty on this topic. Her love of the animals is wonderful, and the animals all sound adorable. Except for the chapter on rodents; I skipped that one. It's sad that farmers struggle so much and have to seek other options for funding, like a brewery, glamping, wedding venue and more. This book is narrated by the author, Sally Urwin, and she is honest, open and sounds like someone I'd like as a friend. I will definitely follow her for more, and am going to track down the farm's social media.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for a free audio book of What the Flock! in exchange for my honest opinion.

In this book Sally Urwin tells her story of marrying a farmer and embracing the farming life. I loved how much I learned about what it really takes - all the hard work, financial worry, animal cuteness, and happy and sad times. It made me even more grateful for those on family farms who work so hard to feed the rest of us.

Sally narrates the audiobook herself and does a stellar job. I listened to it as I drove through the farm heartland of the USA - the perfect setting.

Thanks to netgalley and the author and publisher for a review copy. I'm going to check out more of the Yorkshire farm books!

I really enjoyed this one. While I didn't love hearing about the animals being raised for food, the author is a wonderful storyteller and I enjoyed her humor. I laughed out loud at the stories about Candy, the fat pony. What a character! I find it so sad too that those who grow our food (the farm includes crops) are struggling so much financially, causing so many farmers to attempt larger scale animal farming practices just to make ends meet. I did love that Urwin and her husband were open to other income streams by starting a small brewery and wedding venue on the property. I just wish that was all due to their desire and not triggered by need. I'm in a different country than the author, but the situation is similar here. Everyone wants cheap food and rarely do most think of those who grow that food.

Thanks to Thread Books and NetGalley for the ALC in exchange for my honest review.

I love watching these kind of TV shows so I jumped at the chance to listen to this audiobook. It tells of life on the farm, the highs and lows, the stress and hardships. The unrealistic expectations versus reality.

Sally doesn't come from a farming background but Steve, her husband, saw something in her the first time she went on his farm and they just clicked. I can see why. Even though she explains her situation and I just wanted to hug her at times. She's such an inspirational woman. This couple need thier own TV show.

I really could chat all day about this book because I just loved it all. The personality of the animals shone through and made me giggle. Some are social media sensations. There are really dark periods for farming in particular through the foot and mouth and the bitterness that followed. But from that came the 'thinking outside the box' ideas that helped them along. But it does just seem to be one thing after another for small farms.

If you love these kind of shows then you will just love this book. Its really well written and flows brilliantly. Sally also narrated the audiobook and it was just perfect.