When your patients may bite, scratch or kick it helps to have a great sense of humour. Veterinarian, turned author, Dave Perrin has that and more. He turns amusing anecdotes into hilarious, compassionate stories.
Perrin’s practice in the Creston Valley is the source of his well-loved series, Adventures of a Country Vet. Reading the books embroils us in a world quite different than our idealized version of what it would be like to be a veterinarian. The reality is sometimes shocking and gross, but with Dr. Dave telling it like it is, it is very entertaining.
To maintain artistic and financial control of his work, Perrin decided to try something that is becoming more common, self-publishing. In 2000, Dave’s Press was established and his first book in the Adventures of a Country Vet, Don’t Turn Your Back in the Barn, was published. It was followed with the release of Dr. Dave’s Stallside Manner (2001), Where Does it Hurt? (2003), and Never Say Die (2006), and When the Going Gets Tough (2010). More information about Dave Perrin, the press and the books can be found at: http://davespress.com/
You can meet Dave Perrin and listen to the stories he has to tell, when he visits the Greenwood Public Library on Thursday, September 12 at 7p.m.
Everyone is welcome to this free event, brought to you by the Kootenay Library Federation and the Greenwood Public Library. To find out more phone the library at: (250) 445-6111 or check out their website at: http://greenwood. bclibrary.ca/
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Coming up next Monday, September 2 is the Greenwood Public Library Labour Day Sidewalk Book Sale. The selection is always good so come out and browse through their offerings.