Sea Sick
The Adventures of a Ship's Doctor
Published on 28. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-80514-226-3 (ISBN)
Description
Is there a doctor who wouldn't want to work on a cruise ship sailing to Rio?
Ruth sets off on the voyage of a lifetime with her husband, Tom, yearning for a blissful break away from fifteen years as a hectic GP in the East End of London.
Within days an epidemic of Norovirus takes over the ship. Strict sanitary measures are implemented.
Passengers are quarantined. The mood on board changes.
As the sole doctor Ruth works alongside two nurses one of whom is an alcoholic. Tensions in the Medical Centre mount.
Medical cases include life-threatening emergencies. A GP surgery it is not.
At the doctor's table apparently colourless passengers reveal surprises as the trip unfolds.
By day Ruth struggles with the masculine hierarchy while evenings bring romantic escapism for Tom and Ruth.
Ruth's unease grows as she realises that the ship retraces the Atlantic slave trade ports.
Her family story as Ten Pound Poms emigrating to Australia in 1949 and their subsequent four Atlantic crossings ignites her lifelong attachment to the sea.
But will this be Ruth's last voyage?
Ruth sets off on the voyage of a lifetime with her husband, Tom, yearning for a blissful break away from fifteen years as a hectic GP in the East End of London.
Within days an epidemic of Norovirus takes over the ship. Strict sanitary measures are implemented.
Passengers are quarantined. The mood on board changes.
As the sole doctor Ruth works alongside two nurses one of whom is an alcoholic. Tensions in the Medical Centre mount.
Medical cases include life-threatening emergencies. A GP surgery it is not.
At the doctor's table apparently colourless passengers reveal surprises as the trip unfolds.
By day Ruth struggles with the masculine hierarchy while evenings bring romantic escapism for Tom and Ruth.
Ruth's unease grows as she realises that the ship retraces the Atlantic slave trade ports.
Her family story as Ten Pound Poms emigrating to Australia in 1949 and their subsequent four Atlantic crossings ignites her lifelong attachment to the sea.
But will this be Ruth's last voyage?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Market Harborough
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
533 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80514-226-3 (9781805142263)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Ruth Taylor's ocean voyages began aged two sailing to Australia with her family as a Ten Pound Pom. Sea travel became her passion. As a twenty-one-year-old ship's nurse she was determined to retrain as a doctor. From her busy East London GP-practice she returned to working on ships during holidays accompanied by her husband. Ruth and Tom live in Hackney, London.