WorksAn Irish Country Christmas Tom Doherty and Associates NY NY
ISBN 13:978-0-7653-2070-4 Barry Laverty is looking forward to his first Christmas in Ballybucklebo. That is until he learns his sweetheart, Patricia Spence may not be coming home from Cambridge. The arrival of a rival practitioner whose brand of quackerey threatens both O'Reilly's practice and the health of the villagers can only add to Barry's worries. But the wintry days are not without their tidings of comfort and joy. Between parties, the kiddies' Christmas Pageant, and their busy practice the two physicians still find time to to play Santa to a struggling single mother with a sick child and no money. Snow is rare in Ulster, and so are miracles, but that doesn't mean they never happen... An Irish Country Village Tom Doherty and Associates NY NY ISBN 13:978-0-7653-1624-0
Young Doctor Barry Laverty has only just begun his assistantship under his eccentric mentor, Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, but already he feels at home in Ballybucklebo. When the sudden death of a patient casts a cloud over Barry's reputation his chances of establishing himself in the village are endangered, especially as the grieving widow is threatening to sue. He must regain the trust of the villager one patient at a time. Not all the challenges the doctors face are medical.When a greedy developer sets his sights on the Black Swan pub (locally known as the Mucky Duck) it is up to O'Reilly and Laverty to prevent it from being turned into a chrome and plastic tourist trap. An Irish Country Village is an ideal place to visit for wit, warmth, and just touch of blarney. Opinion: Full of stories and vivid characters An Irish Country Village recalls a good night in a pub. Good, light, entertainment. Booklist. Now and in the Hour of Our Death.
Running from the sectarian carnage of Northern Ireland Fiona Kavanagh has found sanctuary in the peace of Vancouver. Or so she thinks until she hears of the breakout from the Maze prison in Ulster and that the man she loved,still loves, Davy McCutcheon is among the escapees. From secret IRA meetings in Tyrone, to the claustrophobic world of the inmates of a maximum security prison, to the easy tranquility of Vancouver the story describes with delicate precision and painstaking attention to detail the events that set the escape plan in motion and the fate of one small partry of escapees--including Davy. The novel is a haunting prayer to the lives of those bound by ties of patriotism and the intimate battles we fight to release our hearts from the bonds of love and loyalty Pray for Us Sinners Insomniac Press Toronto. 2000
ISBN1-895837-61-8 Recuperating in hospital from the effects of the detonation of a bomb he was trying to defuse Lieutenant Marcus Richardson wonders how to get out of explosives work with his dignity intact. Major John Smith appears with an answer. A final undercover mission then an appointment to the elite SAS. Moving into the Catholic ghetto of the Falls Road Richardson assumes the identity of a Republican sympathizer with explosives expertise. He is soon introduced to Davy McCutcheon,IRA bomb maker. As Richardson, constantly in danger of exposure and immediate execution,gets to know the other side he finds that conflict in Ulster is not as black and white as it seems. The story reaches its climax in a deserted farmhouse close to a bridge where Davy has planted a bomb to assassinate the British Prime Minister and Marcus must somehow stop Davy. Opinion: Pray for Us Sinners is written with heartfelt urgency to explain Ulster rather than demonize the place and the population. A deeply felt thriller and a very valuable one. John Doyle. Globe and Mail. Only Wounded: Ulster Stories. Key Porter Books Toronto. 1997 ISBN 1-55013-809-X
This collection of short stories is set in my native Ulster and paints 16 pictures of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary times. It takes no sides, but rather tries to explore the emotions of staunch Loyalists, Committed Republicans and above all Ulsterfolk who wanted nothing more than to be allowed to live in peace. An Irish Country Doctor
When in 1964 Doctor Barry Laverty, fresh from training, joins the rural Irish practice of Doctor Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly, he finds that not only is his senior colleague distinctly eccentric, but so is the tiny village of Ballybucklebo and its denizens. In the succeeding month Barry learns a great deal about medicine, life, and love. Awards/distinctions: Short listed for the Ethel Wilson Books in BC fiction award 2005. NY Times best-seller. USA Today best-seller Canadian National Post, Quill and Quire, Vancouver Sun best seller. Book of the Month Club Novel of the Month, March 2007. |
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