Call The Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle by Mary J MacLeod
My sisters and I are going to Scotland this summer to visit our ancestral home. Dunrobin Castle is in the Scottish Highlands and we've been studying about wars and royalty in preparation for our trip. It's not just Nessie, the Loch Ness monster, I'm longing to find, it's to learn about the culture, food and customs of my homeland.
I came across this book, Call the Nurse and boy did I learn a lot! Mary MacLeod and her family decide they want a simpler life and move to one of the many islands of Scotland. She is a nurse and quickly lands a job taking care of the people on the island. At first she is considered an outsider but soon becomes entwined in their lives. Some are kind, some are cranky and all are a bit quirky.
I got an in depth look into the ways of the Scottish people. While the Scots speak English, it's combined with the Gaelic so quite a bit of translation happens. My mouth waters every time I think of the food she described being served at the many gatherings. Scottish pancakes are at the top of my list of must have foods. Hagis, a kind of sausage, is also on that list but I'm not so sure I'm going to enjoy that as much as a sweet fluffy pancake drizzled with syrup.
Call the Nurse is a charming collection of stories of life and death and all that happens in between. I absolutely adored this book. I learned so much and I can't wait to see the Sottish heather on the hillside with my own eyes. Whether you are a Scot or not, this is a book that will make you laugh and make you cry and is sure to warm your heart forever.
My sisters and I are going to Scotland this summer to visit our ancestral home. Dunrobin Castle is in the Scottish Highlands and we've been studying about wars and royalty in preparation for our trip. It's not just Nessie, the Loch Ness monster, I'm longing to find, it's to learn about the culture, food and customs of my homeland.
I came across this book, Call the Nurse and boy did I learn a lot! Mary MacLeod and her family decide they want a simpler life and move to one of the many islands of Scotland. She is a nurse and quickly lands a job taking care of the people on the island. At first she is considered an outsider but soon becomes entwined in their lives. Some are kind, some are cranky and all are a bit quirky.
I got an in depth look into the ways of the Scottish people. While the Scots speak English, it's combined with the Gaelic so quite a bit of translation happens. My mouth waters every time I think of the food she described being served at the many gatherings. Scottish pancakes are at the top of my list of must have foods. Hagis, a kind of sausage, is also on that list but I'm not so sure I'm going to enjoy that as much as a sweet fluffy pancake drizzled with syrup.
Call the Nurse is a charming collection of stories of life and death and all that happens in between. I absolutely adored this book. I learned so much and I can't wait to see the Sottish heather on the hillside with my own eyes. Whether you are a Scot or not, this is a book that will make you laugh and make you cry and is sure to warm your heart forever.
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