02470cam a2200373 i 4500 358893411 TxAuBib 20181022120000.0 180807s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2018180136 9780765396815 27.99 0765396815 27.99 TxAuBib rda Taylor, Patrick, 1941- An Irish country cottage [BOOK] / Patrick Taylor. First edition. New York : Forge, 2018. 349 pages : maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Irish country novel ; 13 "A Tom Doherty Associates book.". "An Irish country novel"--Jacket. "The New Year brings challenges and changes to the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. The Christmas holidays have barely passed before a fire engulfs the humble thatched cottage housing Donal Donnally and his family. Although the family escapes the blaze more or less unsinged, Donal, his wife, their three small children, and their beloved dog find themselves with nothing left but the clothes on their back. Good thing Doctors O'Reilly and Laverty are on hand to rally the good people of Ballybucklebo to come to their aid. Rebuilding the cottage won't be quick or easy, but good neighbors from all walks of life will see to it that the Donallys get back on their feet again, no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, matters of procreation occupy the doctors and their patients. Young Barry Laverty and his wife, Sue, frustrated in their efforts to start a family, turn to modern medicine for answers. O'Reilly must tread carefully as he advises a married patient on how to avoid another dangerous pregnancy. As a new and tumultuous decade approaches, sectarian divisions threaten to bring unrest to Ulster, but in Ballybucklebo at least, peace still reigns and neighbors look after neighbors". 20181022. Laverty, Barry (Fictitious character) Fiction. O'Reilly, Fingal Flahertie (Fictitious character) Fiction. Country life Northern Ireland Fiction. Physicians Fiction. Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) Fiction. Pastoral fiction. Irish country novel ; 13.