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A Seaside Practice

Tales of a Scottish Country Doctor

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A Seaside Practice

By: Dr Tom Smith
Narrated by: Dr Tom Smith
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About this listen

 When he arrives to take up his first posting as a GP in Collintrae, a small fishing village on the West coast of Scotland, young Tom Smith isn't quite sure what to expect. Certainly, nothing in his medical training could have prepared him for what he finds - a baker with nine lives, Mad Maggie in the Muck, and a gaggle of giggling nuns are just a few of the extraordinary cases that he comes up against.

Heartwarming and gloriously eccentric, Dr Tom's stories capture the beauty of the Lowlands, the joys and sorrows of its inhabitants, and the richly rewarding experiences of life as a Scottish country doctor.

©2007 Tom Smith (P)2007 Soundings Heartfelt Highlander

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Critic reviews

"An affectionate and hugely entertaining memoir of the incident-packed five years that Smith spent looking after the mainly farming families in his patch. If only modern medicine had as much heart." (Guardian)
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loved this book. it took me back to wgen I started nursing in 1966 in the United Birmingham Hospitals. its a story of a truely family doctor, the same as I grew up with and sadly miss now. when the Goverment of the day want Super Gp practices of 50,000 patients.
thanks to the doc for all his hard work over the years. and for writing his story.

a good listen

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You would not believe it with the evidence? Hippocratic Oath and more you would know

Excellent and eyeopening

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Would you listen to A Seaside Practice again? Why?

I would definitely listen to this book again. It brought back memories of my childhood, in that I could associate with the kind of characters Tom wrote about and could even imagine how my childhood GPs could have easily found themselves in similar circumstances.

Have you listened to any of Tom Smith’s other performances? How does this one compare?

This is the first Tom Smith book I have listened to but it will not be the last, I always think there is something special about listening to a reading by the author.

A Book For Country Folk

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It’s not fast paced or sexy but a good comfortable listen beautifully read by the author I enjoyed this book very much Just about to download the next volume

A gentle read

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This was thoroughly enjoyable. Every chapter introduced us to new characters and interesting stories. A human James Herriot. The author was an excellent narrator of his work. Injecting just the right amount of humour and pathos. Looking forward to the next one.

Riveting

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