'Morland writes about nature and the changing landscape with such lyrical precision that her prose sometimes seems close to poetry' - Sunday Times
'Contains a profound mesage for the future at a critical moment for general pratcice and us all' - TLS
A Fortunate Woman is a compelling, thoughtful and insightful look at the life and work of a country doctor. Funny, moving and not afraid of the dark, it will speak to readers everywhere.
Polly Morland was clearing her late mother's house when she found a battered paperback fallen behind the family bookshelf. Opening it, she was astonished to see an old photograph of the remote, wooded valley in which she lives. The book was A Fortunate Man, John Berger's classic account of a country doctor working in the same valley more than half a century earlier. This chance discovery led Morland to the remarkable doctor who serves that valley community today, a woman whose own medical vocation was...]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:26:39 +0300