Book Accidental Shepherd

Description

How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in Norway. A summer job turns serious when a young woman takes the reins on a remote farm—and learns far more than how to herd sheep. In May 1972, Liese Greensfelder arrived in the small Norwegian town of Øystese to startling news: Johannes, the farmer who hired her for the summer, had just been hospitalized after a stroke. Could she please watch over his place for a month or so, until he got back on his feet? Twenty years old and with no farming experience, Liese was dropped off the next day at a centuries-old mountain farm at the end of a dirt road high above the magnificent Hardanger Fjord—with 115 sheep, two cows, one calf, a draft horse, and a Norwegian herding dog to care for. Hardcover, 6 1/4″ x 9 1/4″, 265 pgs, by Liese Greensfelder.