500 miles from you : a novel / Jenny Colgan.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062911421 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: London : Sphere, 2020. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Nurses > Fiction. Post-traumatic stress disorder > Fiction. Veterans > Fiction. London (England) > Fiction. Highlands (Scotland) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Chick lit. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | FIC Colga | 31681010198737 | FICTION | Available | - |
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A London nurse suffering PTSD is transferred to a small town in the Scottish Highlands, switching places with an Army veteran who feels like a fish out of water in the city, uniting the pair in an email friendship. - HARPERCOLL
What happens when two medical professionals--ex Army medic from a village in the Scottish Highlands and an inner city nurse from inner-city Londonâswitch jobs for three months and become unlikely pen pals?
Lissa, is a nurse in a gritty, hectic London neighborhood. Always terribly competent and good at keeping it all together, sheâs been suffering quietly with PTSD after helping to save the victim of a shocking crime. Her supervisor quietly arranges for Lissa to spend a few months doing a much less demanding job in the little town of Kirrinfeif in the Scottish Highlands, hoping that the change of scenery will help her heal. Lissa will be swapping places with Cormack, an Army veteran whoâs Kirrinfeifâs easygoing nurse/paramedic/all-purpose medical man. Lissaâs never experienced small-town life, and Cormackâs never spent more than a day in a big city, but it seems like a swap that would do them both some good.
In London, the gentle Cormack is a fish out of the water; in Kirrinfief, the dynamic Lissa finds it hard to adjust to the quiet. But these two strangers are now in constant contact, taking over each otherâs patients, endlessly emailing about anything and everything. Lissa and Cormack discover a new depth of feelingâ¦for their profession and for each other.
But what will happen when Lissa and Cormack finally meet�