The Yorkshire Shepherdess Series 5 Book Set by Amanda Owen

The Yorkshire Shepherdess Series is a five-book collection by Amanda Owen, bringing together stories and reflections on life at Ravenseat, a remote Yorkshire hill farm. Across the set, Owen writes about family life with husband Clive and their children, alongside the daily realities of caring for livestock and working dogs, and the changing rhythms of the farming year.

The collection also includes a seasonal food-focused volume, with Owen’s approach to cooking centred on using good ingredients at the right time of year. Alongside recipes, it features her Dalesman columns, published in book form for the first time, offering further glimpses into her life and work in the Dales.

Included titles

• Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess
• Tales From the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess
• The Yorkshire Shepherdess
• A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess
• Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess

Key details

• Five-book collection set by Amanda Owen
• Includes a seasonal cookbook with selected recipes
• Features Dalesman columns published in book form for the first time
• Stories set at Ravenseat, a remote Yorkshire hill farm

Synopses

Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess

Owen shares her seasonal approach to food, focusing on using ingredients in tune with the time of year. The book includes a selection of her recipes, from wild garlic lamb with hasselback potatoes to rhubarb and custard crumble cake and Yorkshire curd tart. It also brings together her Dalesman columns in book form for the first time, offering additional insights into her life.

Tales From the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess

Set at Ravenseat, this volume follows events from 2019 to early 2021, as Owen writes about life with Clive, their nine children and the animals on the farm. Episodes include saving a newborn calf on New Year’s Eve and seeing a livestock trailer swept away by floodwater in March, alongside family moments and new arrivals at the farm.

As Covid-19 brings lockdown, Owen reflects on feeling fortunate to live close to nature, finding happiness in the Dales and the steady routines of the farming year.

The Yorkshire Shepherdess

Owen describes how a rebellious girl from Huddersfield, determined to become a shepherdess, achieved her ambition. Through anecdotes and characters, she writes about fitting in with local life, motherhood and the demands of livestock, alongside raising a large family in a rural setting. The book also evokes winter isolation, spring lambing and the physical work involved.

A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess

Owen returns to Ravenseat with more stories of a farming year and the challenges her family faces. She writes about the cycles of the seasons, from being cut off in winter to tending sheep on high, bleak moors, where some areas can only be reached on foot. The setting is described as remote and demanding, shaped by weather and landscape.

Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess

This book follows the surprises of daily life on the hill farm, as Owen writes about living with Clive and their nine children. She recounts moments ranging from a race to save a missing calf to discovering her bra repurposed as a house martin’s nest, as well as wild swimming and a brutal winter that nearly overwhelmed her.