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An Irish country Christmas

Barry Laverty, M.B., is looking forward to his first Christmas in the cozy village of Ballybucklebo, at least until he learns that his sweetheart, Patricia, might not be coming home for the holidays. That unhappy prospect dampens his spirits somewhat, but Barry has little time to dwell on his romant...

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Main Author: Taylor, Patrick, 1941-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Forge, 2008.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Irish country novel ; 3.
Subjects:
Bryan, Patricia Gilbert tribute.
Laverty, Barry (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
O'Reilly, Fingal Flahertie (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Physicians > Fiction.
Country life > Northern Ireland > Fiction.
Northern Ireland > Fiction.
Pastoral fiction.
Christmas fiction.
Summary: Barry Laverty, M.B., is looking forward to his first Christmas in the cozy village of Ballybucklebo, at least until he learns that his sweetheart, Patricia, might not be coming home for the holidays. That unhappy prospect dampens his spirits somewhat, but Barry has little time to dwell on his romantic disappointments. Christmas may be drawing nigh, but there is little peace to be found on earth, especially for a young doctor plying his trade in the emerald hills and glens of rural Ireland.--From publisher description.
Item Description: "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Physical Description: 495 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780765320704 (hc)
0765320703 (hc)
Author Notes: Patrick Taylor is a medical researcher and best-selling novelist. He was born in 1941 and brought up in Bangor, Northern Ireland, Taylor studied and practiced medicine in Belfast and rural Ulster before immigrating to Canada in 1970. He has received three lifetime achievement awards including the Lifetime Award of Excellence in Reproductive Medicine of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society.

He has written or contributed to 170 academic papers and six textbooks and also served as editor-in-chief of the Canadian Obstetrics and Gynaecology Journal, as well as writing a monthly medical humour column and serving as book reviewer for Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humour.

Taylor has also published six books of creative writing, all set in Northern Ireland: a short-story collection entitled Only Wounded: Ulster Stories, and three novels: Pray for Us Sinners and its sequel Now and in the Hour of Our Death, and The Apprenticeship of Doctor Laverty (short listed for the BC Book awards fiction prize for 2005).

In 2007 The Apprenticeship of Doctor Laverty was reprinted in hardcover under the title, An Irish Country Doctor; it was the Novel of the Month in March 2007. It then became a NY Times bestseller. It has currently been translated into nine other languages. Two sequels were published, An Irish Country Village (March 2008), and An Irish Country Christmas (Oct 2008). Taylor is working on the fourth book in this series.

Taylor now lives in Ireland. (Bowker Author Biography)

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