A review by jenbsbooks
The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us about Love, Life, and Mortality by Karen Fine

4.25

I picked up a physical copy (or two) at a library sale. This had been a "Reader's Choice"  book, so our library had multiple copies. I had it on my TBR for a while. I'd really loved Herriot's books growing up. This felt a little less "fun" although there were still some lighter tales. This dealt a lot with some of the harder issues ... animal injuries, sicknesses, death, the training, the depression that vets can face themselves. Some family just had a dog diagnosed with cancer ... I'm not sure if this book would be something the would "like" ... relate to, find comfort in, or if it would hit too close to home.

First person, past tense, very easy, conversational tone. The audiobook was narrated by the author, and she did a good job. 24 numerical chapters, with headers. I like headers, looking over the table of contents after finishing the book, seeing if the headers bring back memories of the stories within those chapters. 

Clean - no profanity or sex. Talk of suicide and euthanasia and animal death.