The Last Eden [antikvár]

Marion Lennox gives us a quite spectacular setting in THE LAST EDEN, and two fascinating people in Ellie and Leeton for you to enjoy. In HANDFUL OF DREAMS, Lucy is shocked to inherit a school, and in A BORDER PRACTICE Dr Lyall Balfour is a mystery for physiotherapist Lindy to solve. Dr Rose Gillis has the uncomfortable job of bossing a man who is senior to her in rank in A SONG FOR DR ROSE Margaret Holt has created a super character in Leigh. Four very different stories, but all enthralling! See you next month.T/ie EditorCHAPTER ONE'So that's it, Dr Michaels. The boat leaves for Antarctica in two weeks, and I want you on it.'In the twenty-seven years since Dr Eleanor Michaels had uttered her first sentence, she had been shocked into silence three times.The first had been at nursery school when Sammy Coad had lost control and declared the source of the puddle was his best friend, Ellie. The second was twenty-two years later when the same Samuel Coad, brilliant up-and-coming barrister, had conceded that he was indeed having an affair and he wished to divorce Ellie. The third was now.Ellie sank into a spare armchair in her boss's office and let her jaw drop. She stared at the middle-aged man in front of her, searching for some trace of humour on his broad face. There was none. Walter Mitchen was not known for jokes.Walter was reaching for the phone as he watched her. Despite his serious expression he was amused at Ellie's reaction. In the time he had employed Dr Michaels he had never known her at a loss for words, and he wondered how long she would take to get her breath back.He liked Dr Ellie Michaels. Her background was perfect for her career as a medical journalist. She was a competent doctor with a flair for writing which made even the most difficult medical concepts easy for the general public to understand. In the two years since she had joined the staff of Our Planet's Health she had pulled in some of the best articles the magazine had printed.She was sHghtly built, vivacious and friendly. With