An Irish Country Christmas: A Novel

Patrick Taylor

Tor Publishing Group, Oct 28, 2008 - Fiction - 496 pages

Patrick Taylor's New York Times and USA Today besteller, An Irish Country Christmas celebrates the season in this third novel of his beloved series.

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.

Along with his senior partner, Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, Barry has his hands full dealing with seasonal coughs and colds, as well as the occasional medical emergency. To add to the doctors' worries, competition arrives in the form of a patient-poaching new physician whose quackery threatens the health and well-being of the good people of Ballybucklebo. Can one territory support three hungry doctors? Barry has his doubts.

But the wintry days and nights are not without a few tidings of comfort and joy. Between their hectic medical practice, Rugby Club parties, and the kiddies' Christmas Pageant, the two doctors still find time to play Santa Claus to a struggling single mother with a sick child and not enough money in the bank. Snow is rare in Ulster, and so are miracles, but that doesn't mean they never happen. . . .



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Contents

• Chapter 1: 1
• Chapter 2: 17
• Chapter 3: 31
• Chapter 4: 46
• Chapter 5: 60
• Chapter 6: 68
• Chapter 7: 82
• Chapter 8: 94
• Chapter 9: 116
• Chapter 10: 126
• Chapter 11: 137
• Chapter 12: 147
• Chapter 13: 158
• Chapter 14: 171
• Chapter 15: 184
• Chapter 16: 198
• Chapter 17: 206
• Chapter 18: 218
• Chapter 19: 228
• Chapter 20: 237
• Chapter 21: 246
• Chapter 22: 260
• Chapter 23: 270
• Chapter 24: 283
• Chapter 25: 294
• Chapter 26: 312
• Chapter 27: 321
• Chapter 28: 332
• Chapter 29: 345
• Chapter 30: 352
• Chapter 31: 364
• Chapter 32: 375
• Chapter 33: 391
• Chapter 34: 405
• Chapter 35: 411
• Chapter 36: 424
• Chapter 37: 433
• Chapter 38: 442
• Chapter 39: 451
• Chapter 40: 463
• Chapter 41: 475
• Chapter 42: 484
• Chapter 43: 494
• Chapter 44: 508
• Chapter 45: 519
• Chapter 46: 531
• Chapter 47: 546
• Chapter 48: 557
• Chapter 49: 573
• Chapter 50: 582
• Chapter 51: 596
• Chapter 52: 606
• Afterword: 619
• Authors Note: 627
• Glossary: 633
• Preview: 647

About the author

Patrick Taylor, M.D., is the author of the Irish Country books, including An Irish Country Doctor, An Irish Country Village, 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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: An Irish Country Christmas: A Novel; Volume 3 of Irish Country Books
• Author: Patrick Taylor
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Tor Publishing Group, 2008
• ISBN: 1429967412, 9781429967419
• Length: 496 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Family Life / Siblings; Fiction / Small Town & Rural; Fiction / World Literature / England / 20th Century