Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle

by Mary J. MacLeod

Claire Macdonald of Macdonald (Foreword)

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Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod 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 enchanted years she and her family spent there, coming to know its folk as both patients and friends.

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  • ISBN10 1611458315
  • ISBN13 9781611458312
  • Publish Date 18 April 2013 (first published 4 April 2013)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Arcade Publishing
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Language English