Vet Among the Pigeons - Softcover

Hick, Gillian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847172083 ISBN 13: 9781847172082

Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Vet Among the Pigeons continues the story of veterinary surgeon Gillian Hick's escapades among the animal population. Although by now, not such a green graduate, the animals and their owners keep her challenged in a way never described in the text books. While based in a mixed animal practice in Wicklow, Gillian also travels regularly to inner city Dublin to work in the Bluecross animal welfare clinic but finds that sometimes the two lives are hard to combine. From dairy cattle to turkey cocks, from lofty equines to the not so lofty, from six foot snakes to snuffling hedgehogs, Gillian encounters it all as she struggles to improve her own skills and justify her place in the veterinary profession, along with the help of an ever expanding young family of her own.

About this title

Review:

'heartwarming ... a very honest portrayal of a demanding job'

(Irish Examiner)

'vet Gillian Hicks finds herself challenged in ways the textbooks can’t prepare you for!'

(Donegal Democrat)

'heartwarming and touching tales of Gillian’s escapades among the animal population'

(The Countryman)

About the Author:

Gillian Hick was born in Dublin and has practised as a vet both in Dublin and in Wicklow for the many years. She also works for the Irish Blue Cross. She lives in Co. Wicklow, where she has her own practice, with her husband, three children, and a large assortment of four-legged companions.

About this edition

• Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847172083
• ISBN 13: 9781847172082
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Illustrator: Turner Martyn