Vet On A Mission

Gillian Hick

• 16 juli 2018
• 9781788490269

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Vet on a Mission tells the story of a wife and mother of three who sets up her own small animal veterinary practice – the tears, the laughter and the whirlwind of chaos that follows!

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From the bestselling author of Vet on the Loose and
Vet Among the Pigeons.

When veterinary surgeon and mother of three Gillian Hick decides to set up an animal practice, she quickly realises that juggling a fledgling twenty-four-seven business with family life is even harder than it sounds!

Aided and abetted by her husband and enthusiastic children, Gillian finds herself ministering to patients from snoring dogs and disoriented cats to birds of prey and thirsty foxes!

Whether delivering newborns or assisting in the final farewells of much-loved pets, she struggles to hang on to her sense of humour and the last remaining threads of her sanity.

GILLIAN HICK has practised as a vet both in Dublin and in Wicklow. She also works for the Irish Blue Cross. She lives in County Wicklow, where she has her own practice, with her family and a large assortment of four-legged companions.

With the imminent arrival of her third child, veterinary surgeon, Gillian Hick, decides to abandon the perils of mixed animal practice, in a favour of setting up a small animal practice from home. When neighbouring farmer, John Armstrong, drops in for a cup of tea and stays to build the new veterinary clinic, the dream becomes a reality.

As the practice begins to take on a life of its own, the practicalities of running a twenty-four/seven on call business, with the help of her husband and her three exuberantly, enthusiastic pre-school children begins to take its toll.

From hatching goslings on a moonlit night, to late night calls to celebrity donkeys; from delivering new-borns, to assisting in the final farewells of much-loved patients, the circle of life continues as Gillian struggles to hang on to, not only her sense of humour, but also the last remaining threads of her sanity!