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More Tales From The Island Nurse
Mary J. Macleod
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Description for More Tales From The Island Nurse
Paperback. Filled with stories of the troubles, joys, drama and comedies endured by Macleod's patients and family alike, this makes a charming and humorous account of community life on a small island in a bygone era. Series: Island Nurse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
The much awaited second helping of Mary J. MacLeod's tales of `Papavray' in the 1970s and her experiences as the island's district nurse, culminating in her move to a very different new life in California. Mary J.'s anecdotes of life on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides brim with charm, humour and common sense. She shares heartwarming and amusing tales of crofters and ceilidhs, pesky cows and stubborn drivers, treacherous bogs and a suspected haunting, but also the deeply sad story of a desperate mother and a baby's untimely death. For the district ... Read more
The much awaited second helping of Mary J. MacLeod's tales of `Papavray' in the 1970s and her experiences as the island's district nurse, culminating in her move to a very different new life in California. Mary J.'s anecdotes of life on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides brim with charm, humour and common sense. She shares heartwarming and amusing tales of crofters and ceilidhs, pesky cows and stubborn drivers, treacherous bogs and a suspected haunting, but also the deeply sad story of a desperate mother and a baby's untimely death. For the district ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Island Nurse
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910021170
SKU
V9781910021170
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Mary J. Macleod
MARY J. MacLEOD was born in Somerset, educated in Bath and qualified as a state registered nurse in Bristol. Now retired, she worked as a nurse in Bristol, London, Bedfordshire and the Hebrides. She has four children, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and lives in Cornwall with her husband and two dogs.
Reviews for More Tales From The Island Nurse
If the TV companies are looking for the next Heartbeat, it can be found in the windswept coasts of Papavray- THE DAILY RECORD This lively and heartening memoir evokes both the hardships and the humour of island life.- THE SCOTSMAN Her stories will ring true with every nurse - or anyone - who has ... Read more