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Reader's Digest Select Editions, Volume 321, 2012 #3: A Dublin Student Doctor / The Underside of Joy / Three-Day Town / Emory's Gift
573 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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July 1, 2012
All four of these books were enjoyable.
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.
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.
August 29, 2012
Dublin Student Doctor - 3 stars - I've read all the stories up to this one and in the end I always enjoy them, but sometimes it's a bit hard to get going.
Underside of Joy - 4 stars - New author. I liked the story a lot, kept me interested. Good writing.
Three Day Town - 1 star - Gave up after 59 pages. It wasn't horrible, but very little character development or background development. Just a "who dun it" but I was wondering "who cares?"
Emory's Gift - 3.5 stars - It was really, really different but it kept me entertained. Good story.
Underside of Joy - 4 stars - New author. I liked the story a lot, kept me interested. Good writing.
Three Day Town - 1 star - Gave up after 59 pages. It wasn't horrible, but very little character development or background development. Just a "who dun it" but I was wondering "who cares?"
Emory's Gift - 3.5 stars - It was really, really different but it kept me entertained. Good story.
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