500 Miles from You

A Novel

De: Jenny Colgan

Narrado por: Eilidh Beaton

New York Times best-selling author Jenny Colgan returns to the beloved Scottish Highland town of Kirrinfief, which listeners first met in The Bookshop on the Shore, and adds a dash of London’s bustling urban landscape.

Lissie is a nurse in a gritty, hectic London neighborhood. Always terribly competent and good at keeping it all together, she’s been suffering quietly with PTSD after helping to save the victim of a shocking crime. Her supervisor quietly arranges for Lissie to spend a few months doing a much less demanding job in the little town of Kirrinfeif in Scottish Highlands, hoping that the change of scenery will help her heal. Lissie will be swapping places with Cormack, an Army veteran who’s Kirrinfeif’s easygoing nurse/paramedic/all-purpose medical man. Lissie’s never experienced small-town life, and Cormack’s never spent more than a day in a big city, but it seems like a swap that would do them both some good.

In London, the gentle Cormack is a fish out of the water; in Kirrinfief, the dynamic Lissie finds it hard to adjust to the quiet. But these two strangers are now in constant contact, taking over each other’s patients, endlessly emailing about anything and everything. Lissie and Cormack discover a new depth of feeling...for their profession and for each other.

But what will happen when Lissie and Cormack finally meet?

©2020 Jenny Colgan (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers

One of my favorite authors.

I love this author. I was pleasantly surprised when the storyline tied into a previous book by the same author. Great subject, I really enjoy hearing about Scotland and the loch.

wonderful story

this is the second book i have listened to by this author and it did not disappoint! Such a great story

Absolutely

I always enjoy Colgan’s books. This one was equally entertaining. The one thing that I’ve never noticed before is her use of the word “absolutely”. I don’t think I’ve ever read anyone who used a word more frequently than she! While her recurring character Patrick, who uses the word often, is adorable, I started to become fixated on the number of times the word was used throughout the story. It’s “absolutely “excessive! Somewhat distracted me from the story sometimes. Other than that, the narrator is always excellent and the story sweet.

"that's hopeful romantic, if you please!"

the werewolves no vampires The witches how do you ever get by? sounds like a pretty boring book. it turns out ordinary men and women can turn a person on and create a nice little romance.

Cute and clean

This was a nice vacation listen. I enjoyed the narrator, though when she was doing dialogue of children (infrequent), a fair bit was unintelligible to me. The story was nice even if on the slower side. I felt a little shortchanged at the end as the wrap-up and the main characters finally getting together seemed short and almost glossed over. This book was quite clean. There was some language, but it wasn't gratuitous. Sexually charged encounters between characters were kept to a minimum and there was nothing explicit. It's always such a gamble with romances, but this one did not disappoint.

fantastic!

I loved this book so much I didn't want it to end. it's a really unique love story and the performance in different voices were so funny!

Really good book

I enjoyed this story much more than I thought I was going to. It’s an entertaining, sweet story. The last five minutes are a good cry.

As picturesque as the story goes

Love to visit Scotland after listening to this. Never disappointed with her book. A bit struckle at first with narrator speed but afterward enjoy her voice till the end.

Great story

Loved the nurse perspective! Plus, has current themes of transgender character-added to the story. Book made me want to visit Scotland!

Delightful.

Heartwarming and very enjoyable, just right for these bleak times. Narration is superb - I'd give it even more stars if I could.