Call the Nurse
True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle (The Country Nurse Series, Book One)By MacLeod, Mary J
Length8h 53m
About this audiobook
For fans of James Herriot and Call the Midwife. A Wall Street Journal Bestseller. Over 100,000 sold. Gaelic fortitude meets a nurse’s compassion in these wonderful true stories from rural Scotland.“Julia MacLeod shares unique and enchanting experiences as a nurse in rural Scotland. Her stories will ring true with every nurse—or anyone—who has ever cared for a family or a community, whether in Scotland or America. Call the Nurse is a delightful read.” —LeAnn Thieman, author Chicken Soup for the Nurse's SoulTired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod (known to all as Julia) and her husband encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. Enthralled by its windswept beauty, they soon were the proud owners of a near-derelict croft house—a farmer’s stone cottage—on “a small acre” of land.Mary assumed duties as the island’s district nurse. Call the Nurse is her account of the first enchanted years she and her family spent there, coming to know its folk as both patients and friends.Call the Nurse is a treasure of sweet nostalgia.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.5 (2)
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length8 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 5, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Foreword by Lady Claire Macdonald of Macdonald 5
25Twenty-Two The return to roots
2Author’s Note and Acknowledgements
26Twenty-Three Andrew
3Prologue Nostalgia
27Twenty-Four Wedding bells (without the bells)
4One On Papavray
28Twenty-Five Searching the seas
5Two Meeting Alistair
29Twenty-Six Shearing in the sunshine
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6Three A ‘small acre’
30Twenty-Seven Rowing boats and rucksacks
7Four Katy
31Twenty-Eight Peat, trees, and trouble
8Five A nurse’s nightmare
32Twenty-Nine Just another day
9Six Back to work
33Thirty Silent stones and a sad spirit
10Seven A castle and a corpus
34Thirty-One Helping hands
11Eight Deep ditches and high hills
35Thirty-Two The signpost
12Nine A ceilidh and a cold corner
36Thirty-Three A bonny baby and some cheery children
13Ten Flora and Annie
37Thirty-Four Diy island style
14Eleven Jaynie’s baby
38Thirty-Five Echo House
15Twelve Bones and boats!
39Thirty-Six To the rescue!
16Thirteen ‘The terrible, terrible thing’
40Thirty-Seven ‘Arry’s island
17Fourteen The terrible, terrible truth
41Thirty-Eight Old folks’ secrets
18Fifteen The wedding
42Thirty-Nine John and Joanna
19Sixteen Disaster at Dochart Bay
43Forty Days of ice and fog
20Seventeen A fragile Fergie and a shopping spree
44Forty-One Lucky Johnny Peg-Leg
21Eighteen Something on the shore
45Forty-Two Fire!
22Nineteen Nicholas
46Epilogue Just a dream?
23Twenty God’s country
47Glossary
24Twenty-One Farewell to Chreileh
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