A Very Distant Shore: Quick Reads
Feb 2017 · Hachette UK
4.2star
12 reviews
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160
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About this ebook
A short novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author
Curl up and escape with Jenny Colgan
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Wanted: doctor for small island. Must like boats, the seaside and having no hope of keeping a secret...
Lorna lives on the tiny Scottish island of Mure, a peaceful place where everyone helps their neighbour. But the local GP is retiring, and nobody wants his job. Mure is too small and too remote.
Far away, in a crowded camp, Saif is treating a little boy with a badly-cut hand. Saif is a refugee, but he's also a doctor: exactly what Mure needs.
Saif is welcome in Mure, but can he forget his past? Over one summer, Saif will find a place to call home, and Lorna's life will change forever.
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Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan
'Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside'
'Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished'
'There's something so engaging about her characters and plots'
'Her books are like a big, warm blanket'
'Her stories are just so fabulous'
'She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life'
'The woman is just magic'
Curl up and escape with Jenny Colgan
__________________________________
Wanted: doctor for small island. Must like boats, the seaside and having no hope of keeping a secret...
Lorna lives on the tiny Scottish island of Mure, a peaceful place where everyone helps their neighbour. But the local GP is retiring, and nobody wants his job. Mure is too small and too remote.
Far away, in a crowded camp, Saif is treating a little boy with a badly-cut hand. Saif is a refugee, but he's also a doctor: exactly what Mure needs.
Saif is welcome in Mure, but can he forget his past? Over one summer, Saif will find a place to call home, and Lorna's life will change forever.
__________________________________
Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan
'Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside'
'Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished'
'There's something so engaging about her characters and plots'
'Her books are like a big, warm blanket'
'Her stories are just so fabulous'
'She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life'
'The woman is just magic'
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Ratings and reviews
4.2
12 reviews
Sally Craft
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February 15, 2025
A Syrian refugee Saif takes up the vacant position as the GP on Mure, one of the outlying Scottish Islands. This is a hard decision for him as he has had to leave his family behind. Will he stay? And could there be romance in the air with schoolteacher Lauren? If I hadn’t already read books one to four in this series, they would certainly be in my tbr pile after reading this.
Simon & Jenny Lovejoy
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July 11, 2017
Don't do it. Only seventy pages of reading. I knew it was a quick read but not that quick.
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About the author
Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling novels and has won various awards for her writing, including the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance, the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award and the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award. Her books have sold more than nine million copies worldwide and in 2015 she was inducted into the Love Stories Hall of Fame. Jenny is married with three children and lives in Scotland. For more about Jenny, visit her website and her Facebook page, or follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Twitter: @jennycolgan Facebook: jennycolganbooks Instagram: jennycolganbooks
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