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File Size: 541 KB
Print Length: 321 pages
Publisher: Arcade; Reprint edition (April 4, 2013)
Publication Date: April 4, 2013
Sold by: Simon & Schuster Digital Sales Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00C7XDYHO
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What a wonderful peak at a unique people, the wild Scottish islands they call home and their way of life.
"Call the Nurse" is a charming and interesting book of tales and memories from the author's experience serving as the local district nurse on an isolated island in the Hebrides beginning in the 1960s. As one of only two healthcare professionals on the island (the other an elderly doctor who lived on the other side of a mountain range), she was responsible for making rounds on local patients needing treatment, as well as responding to any emergencies that came up. This often entailed walking miles over unimproved footpaths to outlying cottages, or crossing the treacherous inter-island waters in a small boat to reach isolated cottagers on even smaller islands.Her patients exhibited the expected range of needs, and in some cases severe challenges, including dementia in elderly patients who could not face life away from their traditional "crofts" (small family farmsteads, worked by hand, often without machinery or electricity), and some cases of horrific abuse among isolated families with no oversight from the local community or authorities. Among her tales of attending to these patients, in trying and impoverished circumstances, she describes her own family's entry to the friendly but sometimes suspicious native island population (where some residents were still "newcomers" 60 years after moving into the local village), and her love of the wild countryside and its beauty.The stories are interesting but in most cases not dramatic. The author's writing sometimes reaches a truly poetic level, usually in descriptions of the country or the sky, but is often more pedestrian. The author details her colorful and sometimes eccentric neighbors and their remarkably cohesive, giving personalities, but not well enough that we truly come to know them. The book is a kind of human-centered version of the popular James Herriott stories of rural veterinary practice, but without quite the same self-aware sense of humor and broad perspective.An interesting volume detailing Scottish country life during the dying of the "crofter and laird" social structure, and giving an up-close look at what it was like to live in one of its most extreme geographical reaches at that time. A quick and pleasant read. Not a classic, but a worthy addition to its genre.
Well, James Herriot, she isn't. I thought the stories tended to be superficial and did not for the most part bring the islanders to life. I was moved by the stories about the plight of the old people who were in poor mental and physical health, the abused spouses, the abused children. Even in the UK there were vast cracks through which helpless people could fall. At least the nurse didn't send them a bill!Some reviewers have criticized the author for not naming the island, saying that a lot of the islanders are probably dead now. That may be true, but their descendants are not. Some people -- not me -- would read this book as a patronizing indictment of the people and culture of the island. Primitive. Narrow-mindedly religious. Poor. Dirty. Drunks. One side of the coin is quaint and charming. The other side of that coin is uncivilized. If it were my grandparents she was writing about, I wonder how I'd feel about having their community named? So I think the pseudonym was appropriate and kind.The book doesn't have a finish. It just quits. The author says she hopes to return to the island someday. Okay. But why did she and her family leave in the first place? How did they, especially the children, feel about leaving? What about the relationships that had developed over the years? Not a hint. That was unsatisfying.
Tired of the hustle and bustle and wanting a quieter life, Mary MacLeod and her husband, George, moved to the Scottish Hebrides. Life on the island that they chose (I don't understand why the real name isn't given) is slower-paced but far from dull. Mary is employed as the district nurse, one of only two medical professionals on the island, along with an elderly physician. This charming story is a series of happenings that take place over the years that she and her family lived in the Hebrides. The stories by turn are funny, thought-provoking, or tragic. She has an almost poetic way of describing the island and it's inhabitants. If you are a fan of James Herriott, you will most likely enjoy this book. I am sincerely looking forward to her second one.For those who don't know, Mrs. MacLeod wrote this book at 80 years of age. Amazing.
Perhaps one must be a nurse to understand the strengths, dedication and the ability to evaluate a situation in a brief increment of time-that may change the life of a person- as shown in Mary J. MacLeod's book. However, one need not be a health care provider to enjoy this book. Most members of highly industrialized nations will marvel at the creature comforts that are considered necessities for daily living- traded by this family to live in a culture that would be considered 'off the grid.' The benefits of knowing all of the inhabitants of this one island and standing together to live, learn, play and survive- living without washers, dryers, 100 television channels/no TV but depending on a radio for news and entertainment, would be shunned by the majority of individuals raised in today's high tech culture.The roads were often hazardous, emergency transportation off island difficult, medical back-up at times consisted of speaking with a physician via phone or radio.This book is a wonderful, true account of the 1960's culture of a small Scottish isle, of families whose lives and occupations were much like their ancestors many generations past. This is a wonderful read- well written by an author who cared for and became an important part of the lives of those she served.
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