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The Irish Healer: A Novel
by
Nancy Herriman (Goodreads Author)
Accused of murdering a child under her care, Irish healer Rachel Dunne flees the ensuing scandal while vowing to never sit at another sickbed. She no longer trusts in her abilities—or God’s mercy. But when a cholera epidemic sweeps through London, she feels compelled to nurse the dying daughter of the enigmatic physician she has come to love. James Edmunds, wearied by the...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
April 3rd 2012
by Worthy Publishing
(first published April 1st 2012)
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Amazingly, The Irish Healer is Nancy Herriman’s debut novel, published 2012. USA Today accurately calls it “...a lovely period tale of personal transformation and abiding love.” Definitely tantalizing along with its cover; runner-up in ACFW Genesis contest’s historical fiction 2009. A former engineer, Ms Herriman is a past winner of Romance Writers of America’s Daphne du Maurier Award for Best Unpublished Mystery/Romantic Suspense along with finalist placings in other contests.
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“My name is Rachel Dunne. I am not a murderer.”
It’s a compelling opening line. Rachel Dunne, a healer, has been forced to leave her Irish home and find employment in London after being shunned following an accusation that she was responsible for the death of an ill child. She is hiding her past and hiding her background in healing from her new employer, Dr James Edmunds, a widower who is struggling with his own medical calling. He is also father of Amelia, who is being raised by his sister-in-la...more
It’s a compelling opening line. Rachel Dunne, a healer, has been forced to leave her Irish home and find employment in London after being shunned following an accusation that she was responsible for the death of an ill child. She is hiding her past and hiding her background in healing from her new employer, Dr James Edmunds, a widower who is struggling with his own medical calling. He is also father of Amelia, who is being raised by his sister-in-la...more
Gentle Love Story
Set in the 1830s, Rachel Dunne flees her home country of Ireland after a child in her care, dies and Rachel stands trial for murder. Even though acquitted, the majority of their town shuns her family, so Rachel moves to London seeking work through a cousin. The death of the child, the trial, and the move take their toll on Rachel’s faith in herself and the Lord. Her employer, also a physician, stumbled from his faith years ago when his wife died. When a cholera epidemic hits Lon...more
Set in the 1830s, Rachel Dunne flees her home country of Ireland after a child in her care, dies and Rachel stands trial for murder. Even though acquitted, the majority of their town shuns her family, so Rachel moves to London seeking work through a cousin. The death of the child, the trial, and the move take their toll on Rachel’s faith in herself and the Lord. Her employer, also a physician, stumbled from his faith years ago when his wife died. When a cholera epidemic hits Lon...more
If you love books by Laurie Alice Eakes and Julie Klassen, you are going to love The Irish Healer! This stunning debut novel is seeped in that kind of Austenish style. It was such a thrill to read that I raced right through but then tried to put the brakes on towards the end because I wasn't ready for it to be over! Does anyone else do that when they are reading a good book?
Herriman immersed me in the gritty reality of 19th century London and she didn't gloss over the seamier aspects. The contem...more
Herriman immersed me in the gritty reality of 19th century London and she didn't gloss over the seamier aspects. The contem...more
I enjoyed the read but it wasn't fantastic to me. I felt for Rachel and how she was persecuted by her townfolk for trying to help, as many midwives and healers were. Even though a court of law found her innocent the father of patient who passed is making Rachel's life miserable so she leaves her town an head to England to work as an Assistant for Dr. James Edmunds. Rachel's cousin, Clair, is of great help in finding her this situation until Rachel can secure a teaching position. From the start t...more
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Accused of murdering a child under her care, Irish healer Rachel Dunne flees the ensuing scandal while vowing to never sit at another sickbed. She no longer trusts in her abilities—or God’s mercy. But when a cholera epidemic sweeps through London, she feels compelled to nurse the dying daughter of the enigmatic physician she has come to love. James Edmunds, wearied by the deaths of too many patients, has his own doubts about God’s grace. Can they each face their darkest fears? Or is...more
Accused of murdering a child under her care, Irish healer Rachel Dunne flees the ensuing scandal while vowing to never sit at another sickbed. She no longer trusts in her abilities—or God’s mercy. But when a cholera epidemic sweeps through London, she feels compelled to nurse the dying daughter of the enigmatic physician she has come to love. James Edmunds, wearied by the deaths of too many patients, has his own doubts about God’s grace. Can they each face their darkest fears? Or is...more
Nancy Herriman’s writing can be described as lovely, on time, and true. Her characters’ personalities and their flaws is what makes “The Irish Healer” such a wonderful read.
It is the 1830s and Rachel Dunne is leaving her home in Ireland to be an assistant to a physician in London. Back at home though, she was accused of murder and the town was set to gossip. At least in London working for the elusive, handsome Physician James Edmunds, Rachel may have a chance to start afresh and perhaps leave he...more
It is the 1830s and Rachel Dunne is leaving her home in Ireland to be an assistant to a physician in London. Back at home though, she was accused of murder and the town was set to gossip. At least in London working for the elusive, handsome Physician James Edmunds, Rachel may have a chance to start afresh and perhaps leave he...more
The Irish Healer is the ageless romance between the handsome, English Doctor and the pretty, Irish girl, who is socially beneath him. Both haunted by past failures, they are instantly attracted to each other, although their social classes make any future together unacceptable. While the main characters, Rachel and James, are likable, they lack depth, and their background, which is the basis of the whole story, is only skimmed over; as is the background of several of the secondary characters such...more
A most captivating and enthralling novel that reads like a classic with true depth of what life is all about in old London with its intrigues and dangers. Nancy Herriman is a very talented writer and offers a well written story of the struggles that faced the Irish and English during a time that cholera and other diseases were decimating old England.Yet it is a story of the personal struggles of two people in the "Medical" profession who are helpless to save the lives of many. She makes you feel...more
Nancy Herriman has created a story that is charming, inspirational, and suspenseful. The Irish Healer is set against the background of London's devastating Cholera epidemic when doctors, healers, and mid-wives were physically and emotionally exhausted by the ever growing devastation. Rachel Dunne, although extremely competent in the art of healing, is apprehensive and doubtful if she will ever be able to administer her abilities to those in need again. Back home in Ireland, a child died under he...more
Nancy Herriman in her new book, “The Irish Healer” published by Worthy Publishing brings us to London in 1832.
From the back cover: 1830′s London is rich with promise. And fraught with peril. Rachel Dunne and James Edmunds are about to discover that love is too.
Rachel Dunne has always been a healer…until she’s accused of causing the death of a child under her care. Acquitted but shunned, she flees Ireland in search of a new life, convinced that she’s be fine so long as no one in London learns of...more
From the back cover: 1830′s London is rich with promise. And fraught with peril. Rachel Dunne and James Edmunds are about to discover that love is too.
Rachel Dunne has always been a healer…until she’s accused of causing the death of a child under her care. Acquitted but shunned, she flees Ireland in search of a new life, convinced that she’s be fine so long as no one in London learns of...more
Title: THE IRISH HEALER
Author: Nancy Herriman
Publisher: Worthy publishing
April 2012
ISBN: 978-1-936034-78-9
Genre: Inspirational/historical
Rachel Dunne has fled Ireland, accused of murdering a child under her care. Rachel is a healer, but she vows never to sit at another sickbed since she no longer trusts her ability—or God’s mercy. Even though she is found innocent in Ireland, she still must leave because there are those in the community that believe she’s guilty, that justice wasn’t done. Afraid...more
Author: Nancy Herriman
Publisher: Worthy publishing
April 2012
ISBN: 978-1-936034-78-9
Genre: Inspirational/historical
Rachel Dunne has fled Ireland, accused of murdering a child under her care. Rachel is a healer, but she vows never to sit at another sickbed since she no longer trusts her ability—or God’s mercy. Even though she is found innocent in Ireland, she still must leave because there are those in the community that believe she’s guilty, that justice wasn’t done. Afraid...more
Easy quick book featuring a young woman who has learned the art of herbs and healing in ireland. When a child in her care dies she is tried for murder. Acquitted, she flees Ireland to escape the gossip and taunting. In England her upper crust cousins help her find a place with a young widowed doctor. Sometimes it's nice to just float along with the anticipated romance -- as long as it doesn't get to sappy...And Nancy Herriman in her first book manages to continue the story line with nice darts a...more
I love historical novels set in Great Britain. Not only do they remind me of 'home' but I get to learn about important events that made the country what it is. The Irish Healer is set during a cholera outbreak in London in 1832. It wasn't the biggest outbreak of the deadly disease that the city experienced but, along with the other outbreaks, contributed to an overhaul of the city's sanitary systems.
This novel grabbed me with its opening chapter. Who was Rachel? What had happened in Ireland to f...more
This novel grabbed me with its opening chapter. Who was Rachel? What had happened in Ireland to f...more
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I don’t often find books like this. The Irish Healer by Nancy Harrimann is a beautiful novel with a message that both secular and nonsecular readers can enjoy. The Irish Healer is inspired fiction and incorporate strong religious themes but I think the personal journeys of Harrimann's cast have wide appeal.
I love getting lost in a good book and one of the easiest ways for an author to make that happe...more
I don’t often find books like this. The Irish Healer by Nancy Harrimann is a beautiful novel with a message that both secular and nonsecular readers can enjoy. The Irish Healer is inspired fiction and incorporate strong religious themes but I think the personal journeys of Harrimann's cast have wide appeal.
I love getting lost in a good book and one of the easiest ways for an author to make that happe...more
Rich with lush descriptions, The Irish Healer sparkles with promise.
Accused of murder, Rachel goes to England to get away from the hurtful rumors that surround her family, after she is found innocent. Though she is innocent of murder, she still blames herself. Rachel comes to be under the employ of a burdened and hurting doctor, James Edmonds. As the two of them draw nearer together will they finally be able to accept the forgiveness that is waiting for them, and finally be set free?
For me this...more
Loved it! The Irish Healer provides an emotionally satisfying love story and an inspirational journey of faith. The story is set in nineteenth century London where an Irish woman on her own would face class snobbery and discrimination. The healer herself, Rachel Dunne, leaves her home to seek work after a tragic accident takes the life of one of her patients. She finds work in the home of a physician struggling to face his own demons. They quickly become aware of their attraction, nicely present...more
The Irish Healer was a wonderful debut novel and one I would highly recommend. Set in regency England with the heroine coming across to England after beind accused and aquited of the murder of child under her nursing care.
Taking up a position with a English physican - she hides her true calling and passion scared of the ramifications if it is revealed who she really is and was.
The story itself made really enjoyable reading - it sped by encouraging late nights and long reading sssions, always a...more
Taking up a position with a English physican - she hides her true calling and passion scared of the ramifications if it is revealed who she really is and was.
The story itself made really enjoyable reading - it sped by encouraging late nights and long reading sssions, always a...more
I found this book on Amazon and was immediately intrigued. I was not disappointed and I REALLY enjoyed The Irish Healer. It's story is creative and unique. Nancy's writing is great , I love her characters, and the whole flow of the story. I can't wait to read the next one. It really touched me when the heroine prevailed and realized what she needed to do. I love the way it shows how the way other's perceive us can be completely different than how we see ourselves. If you're looking for a book ab...more
Rachel Dunne is the Irish Healer in this story. In her hometown in Ireland a child under her care died. Now she’s accused of murder and is fleeing to London. There her cousin has obtained a position as assistant for her with Dr. James Edmunds.
Dr. Edmunds’ wife died three years ago and he blames himself for her death. His father also died over a year ago and left him the family estate. The last wish of his father was that James would raise his daughter on the family property. Therefore Rachel is...more
Dr. Edmunds’ wife died three years ago and he blames himself for her death. His father also died over a year ago and left him the family estate. The last wish of his father was that James would raise his daughter on the family property. Therefore Rachel is...more
An extremely promising debut from award-winning author Nancy Herriman! This book was easy to read and enjoyable from start to finish. Even though it dealt with some sickness and sad subject material, the writing was fresh and lively and kept me reading page after page. The happy ending made me sigh. Herriman's use of language is a pleasure to read, full of fun descriptive similes and humorous internal thoughts. The Irish Healer is a fascinating glimpse into 1830's London medicine as well as a gr...more
A chaste English-Irish romance set in 1830s England. Although the supporting characters seemed awfully stereotypical and one dimensional, the author did try to layer the main male and female characters with more nuances. If you like your leading lady pure, polite even in the face of discrimination and hatred, a good Christian, ravishing, smart, and reliant on a man to rescue her (and let's face it, all women in the 1830s needed a good man to help them out, if it wasn't a husband, they were stuck...more
There are some things that certain people are called to do, and no matter how far that person runs the calling follows.
"The Irish Healer" took me to 1830's England. I enjoyed seeing what it must have been like to step off a ship and onto English soil for the first time, alone. Ms. Herriman's writing pulled me into the story, and I was thoroughly entertained from beginning to end with Rachel Dunne's plight, both from her internal need to heal, and from her desire to make it on her own.
This beauti...more
"The Irish Healer" took me to 1830's England. I enjoyed seeing what it must have been like to step off a ship and onto English soil for the first time, alone. Ms. Herriman's writing pulled me into the story, and I was thoroughly entertained from beginning to end with Rachel Dunne's plight, both from her internal need to heal, and from her desire to make it on her own.
This beauti...more
Rachel worked with her mother, a healer, in Ireland, but when a child died in her care she was accused of murder. Even though she was acquitted, she has to flee Ireland, so she promises herself she'll never again tend the sick and goes to London to help a young doctor who's become disillusioned and plans to retire to the country to become a farmer. A good story if a bit predictable. A good choice for Christian fiction fans.
**I received an advance reading copy from the publisher, via NetGalley....more
**I received an advance reading copy from the publisher, via NetGalley....more
The Irish Healer by Nancy Herriman
I took a glimpse into the minds and hearts of a young Irish woman, a healer falsely accused of murder and a London Physician, not healed after the death of his wife. They both must face their
own demons as well as the very real and ravenous demon cholera. Both are searching for a way back to their faith and to a peace that has eluded them for too long. An unflinching look at life in those hard times.I was fortunate enough to be able to read an advance copy. This...more
I took a glimpse into the minds and hearts of a young Irish woman, a healer falsely accused of murder and a London Physician, not healed after the death of his wife. They both must face their
own demons as well as the very real and ravenous demon cholera. Both are searching for a way back to their faith and to a peace that has eluded them for too long. An unflinching look at life in those hard times.I was fortunate enough to be able to read an advance copy. This...more
About the book: In 1832, Rachel Dunne is an Irish healer accused of the death of a child under her care. Acquitted but shunned, she flees to England searching for a new life. She vows to never sit at another bedside again...or trust in a God who abandoned her when she needed Him most.
London physician James Edmunds is wearied by his failures, especially his inability to save his wife, who died from childbed fever. He has decided to abandon his practice and lose himself in the running of his famil...more
London physician James Edmunds is wearied by his failures, especially his inability to save his wife, who died from childbed fever. He has decided to abandon his practice and lose himself in the running of his famil...more
The heart of Ireland comes to a widowed doctor when he employs a woman on the run. Although accused of murder in her own beloved country, she travels determinedly to gain a new life. She is disheartened enough now, however, to continue her healing abilities, but necessity calls. As cholera breaks out, the doctor who has become dear to her, needs her to care for his own small daughter, who has not been able to get to know her own father. This is an endearing tale, something about it tugs at the h...more
I was fortunate enough to receive an Advanced Readers Copy of this charming and heart-warming historical romance. More than just a simple love story, this is a tale in which the protagonists must learn to forgive and love themselves after serious set-backs. Rachel and James travel parallel paths from self-doubt, even self-loathing, to find grace and faith again. Wonderful secondary characters, both wise and wicked, populate the story and add an emotional depth not often found in a page-turner ro...more
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Nancy Herriman retired from a career as an engineer to chase around two small children and take up the pen. She hasn’t looked back. When she is not writing, or gabbing over lattes about writing, she is either watching history shows on cable TV or performing with various choral groups. She lives in Ohio with her husband and sons, and wishes there were more hours in the day.
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