Country Wives - Large Print Author:Rebecca Shaw In Barleybridge, England Dr. Daniel Brown joins the staff of the local veterinary hospital as a temporary veterinarian. He is terrific with his patients, but he has no patience for their inane owners. In fact his lambasting of Lord Askew for mistreating a cow leads to this influential client angrily informing senior partner Dr. Price that he wil... more »l go elsewhere. Price is irate over losing an affluent client and the office manager Joy wants Dan fired. However Price's wife Miriam thinks the new vet is a winner. So does receptionist Kate Howard, who dreams of becoming a vet one day though money is an issue.
Dan takes Kate with him as he makes his rounds, which enables her to understand more of his past. She also wishes she could learn more about her biological mom whom she never met except inside the womb, as her mother abandoned her and the family when Kate was born; however she will never act on her desire because she does not want to hurt her loving dad or step-mom. Sometimes you get what you wish for as a personal tragedy enables Kate to meet the woman who dumped her years ago, the person who offers her the money to go to school if she accepts the conditions imposed on her.« less
Second book in the Barleybridge trilogy. Follow Kate Howard as she comes into her own in the Veternary world and the little village of Barleybridge. Finding and losing love as well as very dear clients and their animals.