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An Irish country courtship / Patrick Taylor.

Summary:

In the small Irish village where he hopes to become a full partner in the local medical practice, Barry Laverty questions his ambitions in the face of a romantic reversal, while housekeeper Kinky Kincaid dreads the loss of her status to Dr. O'Reilly's new paramour.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780765321749 (hc.) :
  • ISBN: 0765321742
  • ISBN: 9780765377388 (pbk.) :
  • Physical Description: 464 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Forge, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Target Audience Note:
All Ages.
Subject:
Physicians (General practice) > Fiction.
Country life > Northern Ireland > Fiction.
Laverty, Barry (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Pastoral fiction.
O'Reilly, Fingal Flahertie (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Down (Northern Ireland : County) > Fiction.
Northern Ireland > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Genre:
Humorous fiction.
Pastoral fiction.
Pastoral fiction.

Available copies

  • 22 of 23 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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  • Baker & Taylor
    In the small Irish village where he hopes to become a full partner in the local medical practice, Barry Laverty questions his ambitions in the face of a romantic reversal, while housekeeper Kinky Kincaid dreads the loss of her status to Dr. O'Reilly's new paramour.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Joining two overworked doctors in a small Irish village where he hopes to become a full partner, young Dr. Barry questions his ambitions in the face of a romantic reversal, while housekeeper Kinky Kincaid dreads the loss of her status to Dr. O'Reilly's new paramour.
  • McMillan Palgrave

    Welcome to the colourful Ulster village of Ballybucklebo, where two doctors work hand in hand to mend the bodies and spirits of the town's diverse and engaging inhabitants. But who is looking after the wounded hearts of the doctors?

    After less than a year, young Barry Laverty, M.B., is settling in to the village, with only a few months to go before he becomes a full partner in the practice. He's looking forward to becoming a fixture in the community, until an unexpected romantic reversal gives him second thoughts. Will he truly be happy tending to routine coughs and colds for the rest of his career? After all, even when a more challenging case comes along, like a rare tropical disease, all he can do is pass it on to a qualified specialist or big-city hospital. As much as Barry enjoys the rough and tumble of life in County Down, is running a humble GP's shop all he wants out of life?

    Barry's mentor, Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, is going through some personal upheavals as well. After mourning his deceased wife for decades, he's finally allowed a new woman into his life. But this budding courtship is not going over well with Kinky Kincaid, the doctors' redoubtable housekeeper, who fears having her position usurped by O'Reilly's new flame. Tact, diplomacy, and a fair amount of blarney may be required to restore peace to the household.

    Meanwhile, life goes on in Ballybucklebo, presenting both doctors with plenty of distractions from their own troubles. From a mysterious outbreak at the local school to a complicated swindle involving an unlucky racehorse, the two partners will need all of their combined wit and compassion to put things right again--just in time for their lives to change forever.