If you are in the mood for a gentle, entertaining read look no further! This is like a James Herriot book about humans instead of animals. Barry is a newly graduated doctor in search of a job. He heads to an Irish village for a job interview with crusty Dr. O'Reilly. Barry is well-educated and knows how to take a patient's history and what questions to asks. He is appalled by the way Dr. O'Reilly treats his patients. Upon arrival at Dr. O'Reilly's, he sees the old Doctor bodily throwing a patient out the door with the admonition not to come back until he has cleaned his feet! As you can probably guess, Barry learns there is a lot more to 'doctoring' than what you learn at school or in a book.
I liked the characters and the descriptions of country life. You won't stay up until 1 in the morning to finish it, but you will enjoy the book.
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