Doctor O'Reilly experiences both love and loss during World War II in
this new novel in Patrick Taylor's beloved Irish Country series
Long before Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly came to the colourful Irish
village of Ballybucklebo, young Surgeon-lieutenant O'Reilly answered the
call of duty to serve in World War II. Fingal just wants to marry his
beloved Deirdre and live happily ever after. First he must hone his
skills at a British naval hospital before reporting back to the HMS
Warspite, where, as a ship's doctor, he faces danger upon the high
seas. With German bombers a constant threat, the future has never been
more uncertain, but Fingal and Deirdre are determined to make a life
together . . . no matter what may lie ahead.
Decades later, the war is long over, and O'Reilly is content to mend the
bodies and souls of his patients in Ballybucklebo, but there are still
changes and challenges aplenty. A difficult pregnancy, as well as an old
colleague badly in denial concerning his own serious medical condition,
tests O'Reilly and his young partner, Barry Laverty. But even with all
that occupies him in the present, can O'Reilly ever truly let go of the
ghosts from his past?
Shifting effortlessly between two singular eras, bestselling author
Patrick Taylor continues the story of O'Reilly's wartime experiences,
while vividly bringing the daily joys and struggles of Ballybucklebo to
life once more.
