Close to Where the Heart Gives Out
Close to Where the Heart Gives Out An immensely heart-warming story of life on the frontline within extreme circumstances. When he saw the job advert, 'urgent: island doctor needed', he applied…
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Close to Where the Heart Gives Out
An immensely heart-warming story of life on the frontline within extreme circumstances. When he saw the job advert, 'urgent: island doctor needed', he applied immediately. 'Malcolm Alexander is to GPs what James Herriot is to vets' - Matt Gaw 'An ode to island life in all its glorious foibles' - The Herald In his forties, Malcolm gave up his job in suburban Glasgow when a persistent seed that had been growing inside him started to bloom, disrupting the foundations of his life.
In stories that range from the humorous to the deeply moving, Malcolm describes what it's like adjusting to life without modern conveniences and to the extreme - and constantly changing - weather; and what it means to be providing the best medical care to the local population with limited resources. What he didn't anticipate was how much Orkney would affect his family, for better or worse. Which often includes the
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