Reader's Digest Select Editions, Volume 3, 2012: A Dublin Student Doctor; The Underside of Joy; Three-Day Town; Emory's Gift

by Patrick Taylor, Seré Prince Halverson, Margaret Maron

A Dublin Student Doctor was very different. Fingal O'Reilly looks back at his life as a general practitioner in Ballybucklebo Ireland. From 1930 to 1965. Very entertaining and interesting look at medical training inthe 30's. The Underside of Joy tells the story of Ella Beene who is happily married and raising her husbands young boys. After Joe's tragic death, the story is about how Ella deals with the boy's mother who comes back into their lives. The story has a happy ending. Three-Day Town. The characters in this book, Deborah Knott and Dwight Bryant have a history in previous books that I have not read. I did not get engaged enough in this story to bother looking for earlier stories. Very simplistic story line and I found it annoying that the author consistently referred to her characters with different names/titles. Very confusing. Emory's Gift. I loved this story. Charlie Hall's mother dies, he and his father have a hard time communicating until Charlie meets Emory, a grizzly bear. Emory has a "past" and the story line is fun. I choose to believe that Emory was as talented as Charlie's memory protrays him.

573 pages, Hardcover

About the author

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Patrick Taylor, M.D., is the author of the Irish Country books, including An Irish Country Doctor, An Irish Country Village, An Irish Country Christmas, An Irish Country Girl, and An Irish Country Courtship. Taylor was born and raised in Bangor, County Down, in Northern Ireland. After qualifying as a specialist in 1969, he worked in Canada for thirty-one years. He now lives on Saltspring Island, British Columbia.

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