An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea: An Irish Country Novel (Irish Country Books) Hardcover – October 13, 2015

Once again, Pat Taylor has added another layer of rich characterization to this latest installment about the wonderful people who live in his books. Ever since I discovered the first book in this series in an airport bookstore several years ago, I've loved every single volume and have grown to love all the people in this series. From Doctor O'Reilly to the people he loves and cares for, solving not just their medical issues but also in many instances helping them with their lives, the reader inhabits a time and place that is no more, but seems just around the bend of the road. In every single book including this one, characters once thought to be only one way reveals aspects of themselves that show how they grow and learn from their experiences, just as we hopefully do. I look forward each year or so to Pat's next book, and highly recommend them. I re-read them after some time has passed, so I can marvel again at the plot twists, and I also enjoy Mrs. Kincaid/Auchinleck's chapter at the end of each book with recipes of Irish cuisine, not to mention Pat's glossary of Irish slang. An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea: An Irish Country Novel (Irish Country Books)

I love all of the books in this series. Patrick nails all of the qualities in his characters that we can identify with through our own lives: sympathy, hope, charity, love, pain, and all goodness that is within each of us, but also shows us the ugliness in all humans: jealousy, hate, selfishness, greed, etc. But, his characters, through his illustrations, show us that we can change and we can become the people we want to be and should be, as we mature and grow.

A "flash back" in the Irish Country Doctor series alternates between the present (ca 1960's) and Fingal's war time experiences, his first marriage and loss. It is beautifully written describing love and loss, dedication and service and the slow triumph of happiness as physician in small Irish community . A wonderful read as a "stand alone " best in the context of the earlier books of the series.

I've read every book to date, so I guess that makes me a Dr. Fingal Flaherty O'Reilly groupie. I was looking forward to finding out what happened to his first wife, Deidre, and now that chapter is closed. Patrick Taylor's depiction of O'Reilly's experience in World War II was both interesting and informative as he always stays close to true events and "the way things were" in the time period about which he is writing. To me, it was another great read about one of my favorite characters. But, then, I love all the characters in Taylor's Irish Country Doctor series.

I loved this entire series. I know that some readers did not like the level of medical and miltary details but I found it informative and interesting most of the time. I think the character development was finel-tuned, and true to the time period of the story. I recommend reading the entire series and get to know all the quirky characters of Ballbucklebo. It was a comforting, funny, and a very compelling place to visit.

Patrick Taylor continues his heart-warming "Irish country doctor" series; the volume takes us back and forth between the "current" events of life in Northern Ireland in 1966 and in 1940 Britain during the intense German bombing of the Battle of Britain.As always, Taylor's descriptions of what life was like is meticulous and well-crafted. And he does a fine job conveying the love between Deidre and Fingal at both an emotional level and the physical level of young people in love.I have been such a fan that I have to restrain myself with the ratings - Patrick Taylor is not John Banville or Anne Enright; but his writing and storytelling are terrific and I cannot get enough of them.

I continue to enjoy and be moved by Patrick Taylor's novels. I have read them all and none disappoint. I lived in Scotland in the early sixties and experienced medicine in a small village. My parents both served in the British Armed Forces during the war. I experienced the world of "upstairs downstairs" and Patrick brings it all back in a beautiful, humorous and romantic way. This latest novel, in our current very troubled world, gives strength in telling how others before us also went through so very much pain and with a "stiff upper lip" and the grace of God and a bit of humor made it through. Thank you so very much Patrick for your wonderful talent, insight and humor! Keep up the good work...I can't wait for your next book.

I have become a fan of Patrict Taylor's Irish Doctor series. He writes well and helped me develop a "feel" for a people and time that was new to me. Thanks for the expansion opportunities. I like that basically he kept things morally clean without falling into a too modern trap. Stories don't have to highlight the sexual and immoral content that is so often found. He has done well with this series, not so with some of this other books.

Delighted

usual fantastic tales from the irish doctor, so funny but touching too.

Nice to get to the end of the story, but having read all the previous volumes in the series, it was becoming somewhat predictable.

Very slow start and jumps around a lot. It's OK but not one that you can't put down until finished!

Well written ,hard to put down