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An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War (Irish Country, Bk 10)
An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War - Irish Country, Bk 10 Author:Patrick Taylor Long before Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly became a fixture in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, he was a young M.B. with plan to marry sweetheart. Deirdre Mawhinney, and settle down. But those dreams are complicated by the Second World War and the call of duty. Assigned to the HMS Warspite, a formidable thirty-thousand-ton bat... more »tleship, Surgeon Lieutenant O'Reilly soon finds himself face-to-face with the horrors of war, tending to the dreadnought's crew of twelve hundred as well as the many casualties brought aboard. Also a struggle: remaining true to his beloved Deirdre despite temptations abroad...
Over two decades later, life in Ballybucklebo is far cry from the strife of war, but O'Reilly and young colleagues still have plenty of challenges on their hands, from an outbreak of German measles, the odd tropical disease, a hard-fought pie-baking contest, and a local father whose muleheaded adherence to tradition is standing in the way of his son's future. Now older and wiser, O'Reilly has prescriptions of whatever ails... until a secret from the past threatens to unravel his own peace of mind.« less
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