Amber's Donkey

How a donkey and a little girl healed each other

Julian Austwick, Tracy Austwick

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Ebury Press
15 April 2017

Memoirs; Coping with disability; Domestic animals & pets

Amber's Donkey is an inspirational story about overcoming adversity

'The first time Shocks saw Amber coming, he lowered his head so she could wrap her arms around his nose. It was as if they understood each other's pain. Like two broken beings, helping each other.'

When Shocks the donkey was left for dead on a farm in Ireland, no one ever thought he would make a full recovery.

When Amber and her twin sister Hope were born 26 weeks premature, it was Amber who was separated from her family and rushed into theatre for an emergency tracheostomy. Her parents were given the devastating news that she had Cerebral Palsy and would be unlikely to walk or talk.

Then Amber met Shocks at the Donkey Sanctuary and their lives were changed

for good.

This is their touching story of recovery through friendship.

By: Julian Austwick, Tracy Austwick
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781785031694
ISBN 10: 1785031694
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julian Austwick (Author) Shocks is a ten-year-old rescue donkey who was saved from the brink of death by the Donkey Sanctuary. He now helps countless children with assisted needs and was awarded 'Rescue Animal of the Year' for his healing abilities. Julian and Tracy Austwick live in Birmingham with their five-year-old twin daughters, Amber and Hope. Thanks to Shocks, Amber can now walk and talk - defying all of the doctors' predictions. Thanks to Amber, Shocks has come out of his timid shell and blossomed into the most popular donkey at the sanctuary. Ruth Kelly is an award-nominated journalist, who has ghosted a string of Sunday Times bestsellers including entrepreneur Michelle Mone's autobiography, My Fight to the Top, Out of the Darkness by Tina Nash and You Can't Hide by Tina Renton. Ruth has had ten years' experience in print journalism and television.