All Things Wise and Wonderful Summary
James Herriot

All Things Wise and Wonderful Summary

All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot is the third volume of the memoirs of a small country veterinarian in the Dales of Yorkshire, England. Herriot has enlisted in the Royal Air Force, RAF, and the book begins with his basic training experiences. Herriot initially believes that he has kept himself in very good physical shape with his running about the countryside tending to the animals of the farmers in the area. However, his recent marriage to wife, Helen, enjoying her home cooking, and peaceful times together has rendered him less than perfectly fit and his suffering is intense. Every event in the RAF reminds Herriot of something back home in Darrowby.

Each chapter is a short story of his life either in the RAF military, or a memory of his life as a country vet. Most chapters begin with a scene of his current... View more of the All Things Wise and Wonderful Summary