Audiobooks by Polly Morland

[German] - Ein glückliches Tal - Die Geschichte einer Landärztin (Ungekürzte Lesung)

"Der britische Buchhändlerliebling: Eine Liebeserklärung an das einfache Leben, an menschliche Nähe und an die Schönheit der Natur Als Polly Morland das Haus ihrer Mutter ausräumt, findet sie eine alte Ausgabe von John Bergers Buch 'A Fortunate Man', das von einem Landarzt erzählt, der in einem abgelegenen Tal arbeitete. Berührt von seiner Geschichte begibt sich Morland auf die Reise, die Frau kennenzulernen, die heute seine Praxis betreibt. Sie begegnet einer Ärztin, die eine Seltenheit ist in der modernen Medizin: Sie kennt ihre Patienten in- und auswendig, und ihre Geschichten sind eng mit ihren eigenen verwoben. Morlands Bericht ist eine bewegende Liebeserklärung an eine besondere Landschaft, an eine Gemeinschaft und vor allem eine wunderschöne Meditation darüber, was es bedeutet, eine gute Ärztin und ein guter Mensch zu sein. Das Hörbuch wird mit ruhiger Ausdruckstiefe von Sandrine Mittelstädt gelesen."

Polly Morland (Author), Sandrine Mittelstädt (Narrator)

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A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor’s Story - The Top Ten Bestseller, Shortlisted for the Baillie Gi

"'Polly Morland and Richard Baker have more than done justice to the original John Berger book - and produced a work that stimulates the eye and mind in equal measure.' Alain de Botton 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 listeners 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 inspired by reading the very same book as a teenager. A Fortunate Woman tells her compelling, true story, and how the tale of the old doctor has threaded through her own life in magical ways. Working within a community she loves, she is a rarity in contemporary medicine: a modern doctor who knows her patients inside out, the lives of this ancient, wild place entwined with her own. Revisiting Berger's story after half a century of seismic change, both in our society and in the ways in which medicine is practised, A Fortunate Woman sheds light on what it means to be a doctor in today's complex and challenging world. Interweaving the doctor's story with those of her patients, reflecting on the relationship between landscape and community, and upon the wider role of medicine in society, a unique portrait of a twenty-first century family doctor emerges. Includes an accompanying PDF with photographs by Richard Baker. 'All human life is here in this evocative portrayal of the challenges and joys of rural family doctoring in modern times. Enthralling and uplifting.' James LeFanu, author The Rise & Fall of Modern Medicine 'I was consoled and compelled by this book's steady gaze on healing and caring. The writing is beautiful.' Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater and Ghost Wall 'A vibrant and authentic portrait of the rural family doctor in these difficult contemporary times.' Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care at the University of Oxford"

Polly Morland (Author), Pippa Haywood (Narrator)

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