{"id":132504,"date":"2025-03-14T08:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T08:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/a-fresh-start-for-the-country-nurse-by-kate-eastham-review\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T08:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T08:22:01","slug":"a-fresh-start-for-the-country-nurse-by-kate-eastham-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=132504","title":{"rendered":"A Fresh Start for the Country Nurse by Kate Eastham #Review"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I am delighted to introduce a new series by Kate Eastham.<\/b> A Fresh Start for the Country Nurse<\/i> was published by Boldwood Books<\/b> on 7th March.<\/span><\/p>\n


Call the Midwife meets All Creatures Great and Small in this
\nfirst of a heart-warming series about a country nurse and midwife.
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July, 1936<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

After an unexpected heartbreak and a nasty accident on a
\nbusy Liverpool street, Lara Flynn is desperate to start afresh and leave
\npainful memories behind her. She takes on a new job as a district nurse and
\nmidwife at a country practice, in the remote Lancashire village of Ingleside.<\/span><\/p>\n

But instead of the friendly rural idyll she pictures, Lara
\nfinds she must cycle vast distances to visit locals who harbour an innate
\nsuspicion of a newcomer from the city \u2013 as well as dealing with unpredictable
\nlivestock, an erratic senior doctor and often challenging medical cases. She
\nalso rubs up against handsome local vet, Leo, when she helps to deliver a calf!<\/span><\/p>\n

With time, Lara learns that healing is a two-way street:
\njust as she helps her patients recover from illness and injury, her new life in
\nIngleside starts to heal her own wounds. But will this tight-knit farming
\ncommunity ever truly take this city girl to its heart?<\/span><\/p>\n

An absorbing story of compassion, resilience and the power
\nof community, perfect for fans of Donna Douglas and<\/span> Jean Fullerton.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My Thoughts<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

This is a promising introduction to a new series set in 1930\u2019s Lancashire. These are the days before war broke out and there are few clues as to what will happen by the end of the decade. In Ingleside, you feel as though you are living in a little bubble, in a tight knit community where everyone knows your business and \u2018in comers\u2019 are treated with suspicion. Lara finds herself in this position, having to work hard to prove herself as a competent district nurse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 In the practice at Ingleside, she struggles to settle at first, hoping to find a surrogate family. The demands of the patients give them all a common motivation. Lara emerges as a determined and courageous character who puts on a professional facade and struggles to hide her insecurities and doubts. There is plenty of variety in the daily routine. Each family she visits has their own problems. There are some dark and threatening moments but also many lighter times, full of humour and touching reactions as people warm to Lara\u2019s empathy and kindness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 This first book in the series is all about settling in and establishing relationships. There are plenty of directions further stories can proceed along. \u00a0Romance is a faint glimmer in the background. Events from Lara\u2019s life in Liverpool may appear within her new life. Most of all, you feel that there is more to learn about Lara and her colleagues and new friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

In short: new beginnings and new friendships\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Archers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kate Eastham<\/b> trained as a nurse in the late 1970s and
\nenjoyed a long career before a change in circumstance meant that she needed to
\nbe a full time carer for her partner. Determined to make the most of this new
\nrole \u2018working from home\u2019 she cleared a space at the kitchen table for a pile of
\nbooks and a writing pad and started to make notes on the history of nursing.
\nInspired by the achievements of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole during
\nthe Crimean War she was also captured by the sheer grit and determination of
\nother ‘ordinary women’ whose voices from the past are seldom heard. An idea for
\na novel was born and her first book, \u2018Miss Nightingale\u2019s Nurses\u2019, was published
\nby Penguin in 2018, closely followed by three more in the series.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having thought that she would never find anything to replace
\nthe work in nursing that she loved, she is now equally immersed in her writing,
\ndrawing on years of experience and the stories told by so many patients. With
\nher passion for history, Kate aims to continue making visible the lives of
\nordinary yet extraordinary women from the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

She is currently writing for Boldwood Books<\/b> and the first in
\nher brand new Country Nurse series <\/i>will be published in March 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can follow Kate here:\u00a0 X (Twitter)<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Newsletter Sign Up<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Book links<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to Kate Eastham, Boldwood Books and Rachel of\u00a0 Rachel’s Random Resources<\/a> for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Check out the rest of the tour!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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