The Country Nurse: Call the Nurse : True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle (The Country Nurse Series, Book One) (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from rainpebble

Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle by Mary J. MacLeod; R/L bookclub; (3*) While reading this it came to me that there is no right nor wrong way to write a memoir. Some writers of memoirs tell their story in picturesque ways. Some tell theirs very matter of fact. We...

from renardkitsune

This is an interesting book about the Hebrides Islands of Scotland. The examples of self-reliant living and customs that date back to feudal times are fascinating. MacLeod also paints the scenery and weather of the islands beautifully. However, the way that McLeod delves into the darker and more ...

from Matke

In the early 1970's the MacLeod family decides to move to a small island in the Hebrides, where author Mary J will be the district nurse. Nothing fancy, nothing intellectual, but a loving look at a people and their culture in the far norther islands of Scotland. The author's love of the place an...

from ladycato

There's a strong element of nostalgia to the book Call the Nurse, even as the memories are often tinged with darkness. Mary J. MacLeod moved with her husband and two youngest children to a remote Scottish island. Her husband began to work as an electrician, while she began to make the rounds as a...

from setnahkt

A London couple takes a vacation in the Hebrides, falls in love with the islands, and moves there. The husband becomes the local electrician and has plenty of work on the fishing fleet; the wife is a nurse and had plenty of work doing that. There's lovely scenery populated with eccentric but love...