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Call The Nurse: True Stories Of A Country Nurse On A Scottish Isle (2013)

by Mary J. Macleod(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1611458315 (ISBN13: 9781611458312)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Arcade Publishing

review 1: A delightful read! The author has an easy, conversational style of writing and the book is very quick and fast flowing. What kept it from garnering 4 stars from me was the somewhat disappointing finish. It more or less just stopped.....period. One exciting chapter and then, epilog. I had questions!! Why did she leave there, how long were they there, what happened to the children. These and others were not dealt with to my satisfaction so I was left somewhat wanting. Nevertheless, I can fully recommend it, it is heartwarming and just fun. Glad that I invested the time to read it.
review 2: Mary J. Macleod writes of how her and her husband, with two children in tow, decide to relocate to the Scottish Hebrides. Not knowing the area intimately, but knowing... more of it, and how beautiful it must be from descriptions Ms. Macleod describes wonderfully, the vast, isolated, and primitive islands. She's a visiting nurse, and these stories are about people of the islands, some humourous, some tragic, that she knew through her work. Some stories made me cry, some made me laugh. What a treasure we have in this book through her experiences! I couldn't help but think while reading these stories of Call The Midwife, the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, and how Call the Nurse could be adapted to television (PBS) for years of wonderful stories, characters, and an expose to the wonderfully beautiful and stunning scenery that would be part of the series.A truly caring woman, I understand from other reviews that Ms. Macleod was nursing there in the 1970's, and is now in her 80's. I could have read a whole series of these books. Unfortunately, the book ended too soon, but I have an appreciation now of her endearing bedside manner, the hardships the people of the land face, and the Scottish Isles. less

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