Synopses & Reviews
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!
Tucked away in the rolling Tennessee countryside is the charming community of Watervalley, whose inhabitants are quirky and captivating and more surprising than you might expect
As an ambitious young doctor with a penchant for research, Luke Bradford never wanted to set up practice in a remote rural town. But to pay back his student loans and to fulfill a promise from his past, he heads for Watervalley, Tennesseeand immediately stumbles into one disaster after another. Will he be labeled the town idiot before hes even introduced as the new doctor?
Very quickly he faces some big challengesfrom resuscitating a three-hundred-pound farmer who goes into cardiac arrest to not getting shot by a local misanthrope for trespassing. He expects the people of Watervalley to be simple, but finds his relationships with them are complicated, whether hes interacting with his bossy but devout housekeeper, the attractive schoolteacher he consistently alienates, or the mysterious kid next door who climbs trees while wearing a bike helmet.
When a baffling flu epidemic hits Watervalley, Luke faces his ultimate test. Whether the community embraces him or not, its his responsibility to save them. And hell soon discover that while living in a small town may not be what he wants, it may be just what he needs
READERS GUIDE INCLUDED
For stories, recipes, and anecdotes from your favorite Watervalley characters, visit watervalleybooks.com.
Review
“Told through the eyes of Dr. Luke Bradford, a newly minted MD, the story of the little town of Watervalley, Tennessee, and its inhabitants comes vividly to life. Jeff High's medical background gives him that cutting edge in the technical details of his tale and his love of his native Tennessee and the human race shines from every page. Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly is delighted to welcome Luke, a TransAtlantic colleague to be fiercely proud of.” —Patrick Taylor, MD,
New York Times bestselling author of the Irish Country Doctor novels.
“The best of small-town Americana and the eccentrics who live there are brought to life in More Things in Heaven and Earth. This story warmed me, made me laugh and then kept a smile on my face. Its delightful, compassionate, humorous, tightly woven. If youre looking for a feel-good read, spend an afternoon with Jeff Highs novel.” —Charles Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Unwritten and When Crickets Cry
“A well-spun story of the mystery and microcosm that is small-town America. Jeff High skillfully captures the healing places, the hurting places, and the places where we so often find out who we are truly meant to be.” —Lisa Wingate, National Bestselling Author of Tending Roses and The Prayer Box
“One of the best books Ive read in years. Really. And I read a bunch of books. This is the book you should give to your mother and your best friend at Christmas. After you read it yourself, of course…High has a gift for capturing the humor of small town life…The novel sparkles with one-liners…. I fell in love with Watervalley and its citizens.” —Southern Literary Review
Review
“Told through the eyes of Dr. Luke Bradford, a newly minted MD, the story of the little town of Watervalley, Tennessee, and its inhabitants comes vividly to life. Jeff High's medical background gives him that cutting edge in the technical details of his tale and his love of his native Tennessee and the human race shines from every page. Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly is delighted to welcome Luke, a TransAtlantic colleague to be fiercely proud of.” —Patrick Taylor, MD,
New York Times bestselling author of the Irish Country Doctor novels.
“The best of small-town Americana and the eccentrics who live there are brought to life in More Things in Heaven and Earth. This story warmed me, made me laugh and then kept a smile on my face. Its delightful, compassionate, humorous, tightly woven. If youre looking for a feel-good read, spend an afternoon with Jeff Highs novel.” —Charles Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Unwritten and When Crickets Cry
“A well-spun story of the mystery and microcosm that is small-town America. Jeff High skillfully captures the healing places, the hurting places, and the places where we so often find out who we are truly meant to be.” —Lisa Wingate, National Bestselling Author of Tending Roses and The Prayer Box
Synopsis
The fifth book in Patrick Taylor's New York Times bestselling series begins immediately after the events of An Irish Country Christmas. Dr. Laverty begins to wonder if a permanent post in Ballybucklebo is the right choice for him, and Dr. O'Reilly deepens his relationship with nurse Kitty O'Halloran.
Synopsis
After less than a year in Ballybucklebo, Barry Laverty is settling into the village, and with only a few more months to go before he becomes a full partner in Dr. O'Reilly's medical practice, Barry's looking forward to becoming a fixture in the community. But an unexpected romantic reversal gives him second thoughts. As much as Barry enjoys the rough and tumble of life in County Down, is tending to routine coughs and colds in a humble G.P.s shop all he wants out of life?
Doctor Fingal Flahertie OReilly is going through personal upheavals as well. After mourning his deceased wife for decades, hes finally allowed a new woman into his life. But this budding courtship is not going over well with Kinky Kincaid, the doctors housekeeper, who fears having her position usurped by OReillys new flame.
Meanwhile, life goes on in Ballybucklebo. From a mysterious outbreak at the local school to a complicated swindle involving an unlucky race horse, the two doctors will need all of their combined wit and compassion to put things right again—just in time for their lives to change forever.
About the Author
After growing up on a farm in rural Tennessee, Jeff High attained degrees in literature and nursing. He is the three-time winner, in fiction and poetry, of an annual writing contest held by Vanderbilt Medical Center. He lived in Nashville for many years, and throughout the country as a travel nurse, before returning to his original hometown, near where he now works as an operating room RN in open-heart surgery.