500 Miles from You Audiobook Summary
New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan returns to the beloved Scottish Highland town of Kirrinfief, which readers 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…?
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500 Miles from You Audiobook Narrator
Eilidh Beaton is the narrator of 500 Miles from You audiobook that was written by Jenny Colgan
Jenny Colgan is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Cafe by the Sea, The Bookshop on the Corner, Little Beach Street Bakery, and Christmas on the Island. Jenny is married with three children and lives in Scotland.
About the Author(s) of 500 Miles from You
Jenny Colgan is the author of 500 Miles from You
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500 Miles from You Full Details
Narrator | Eilidh Beaton |
Length | 11 hours 3 minutes |
Author | Jenny Colgan |
Publisher | HarperAudio |
Release date | June 09, 2020 |
ISBN | 9780062911261 |
Additional info
The publisher of the 500 Miles from You is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062911261.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
Goodreads Reviews
Justkeepreading
May 06, 2020
I absolutely adored this book. It is beautifully written and tugs at your heartstrings all the way through. Especially apt at the moment when everyone who wasn't grateful for the NHS before has been come aware of the amazing amount of work that they do, and for all of us who had already been touched by the NHS in helping us in various aspects of our lives, hope that people remember the amazing sacrifices, hard work and commitment that they put in and have put in every single day. I for one am hoping that this crisis will make people second think some of the racist comments, bigoted opinions and negativeness after all this has blown over and realise that without people coming to work in our amazing NHS from overseas. We would have an even worse situation on our hands then we do now and that free movement and working together is the only way forward. It is also a book that shines the light on the importance of organ donors and how the sadness of their death can save the lives of another person who without their donorship would probably be suffering for a really long time. This can bring happiness, a change in lifestyle and a second chance to those who desperately need it. It is also a story that shows there should be no stigma around mental health and that everyone needs all the love and support that they should be able to receive. No matter what occupation that they work in. Also that our NHS need more support around these things as they get affected by these things on a daily basis too. It is a story of hope, redemption, starting again, happiness, sadness, light, love, friendship and family. It shows that you should never judge a book by its cover, always get to know the person underneath, that love can stretch miles, and that we all have the strength inside us to defeat our darkest days. A really beautiful book, fantastically written, wonderfully researched, with fantastic cast of characters, some of which we have met before and a feel good, hug of a storyline that will really brighten your spirits and yes make you cry a little bit too. But where there is happiness there is usually a little bit of sadness too. Great work Jenny. A book you should be really proud of.
Lisa
June 07, 2020
Jenny Colgan is an absolute favorite of mine, so of course I was thrilled to receive an ARC of her new book, 500 Miles From You. This author’s books always make me smile, and her books set in the Scottish Highlands give me a major case of wanderlust each and every time.In 500 Miles From You, we start by meeting Lissa, a nurse who specializes in follow-up care, spending her days driving around London from patient to patient to make sure they’re following doctor’s orders, taking their medications, and getting the treatment they need. As the story opens, Lissa witnesses a terrible hit and run that’s a deliberate attack, leaving a 15-year-old boy dying on the street.Lissa is unable to shake off the horror, and finally, her hospital’s HR team strongly urges her to participate in a professional exchange program. She’ll be sent to a rural area to use her skills in a different environment, and a nurse from that area will come take her place in London to gain experience in urban medicine.It doesn’t seem like an offer Lissa can refuse, and between her new assignment and her required ongoing therapy sessions, the exhange may be her only opportunity to heal and recover before her PTSD completely derails her career and her life.Meanwhile, Cormac will leave his beloved town of Kirrinfief in the Scottish Highlands — where literally everyone knows your name — to live in Lissa’s nursing quarters in London and take over her set of patients. The two never meet, but they exchange patient notes, and over time, develop an email and text rapport beyond the professional requirements.In my opinion. Lissa gets the much better end of the deal! As always, Jenny Colgan has me falling in love all over again with her depiction of life in the Highlands — the peace and quiet, the quaint small town, the local busybodies, the sense of connection. And frankly, while Cormac eventually finds reasons to like London, the descriptions of the noise, the dirt, the unfriendliness, the bustle all make it clear why Cormac yearns for home.Lissa’s PTSD is portrayed sensitively. As a medical professional, she intellectually understands her reactions, but that doesn’t mean that she can instantly deal with it. Her progress is slow, and we see how her London habits keep her from fitting in or being accepted when she arrives in Kirrinfief. Eventually, of course, she opens up to her surroundings and to the way of life in a small village, and finds more than she could have thought possible.Cormac, a former army medic, carries around with him the memories of Fallujah that eventually make him seek a civilian career. While he can relate to Lissa’s trauma, his own past still remains mostly undisclosed. I finished the book wishing we’d learned a little more about Cormac’s army experiences.The back and forth between Cormac and Lissa is quite cute, and the book ends with all sorts of mishaps that turn their intended first in-person meetings into a series of catastrophic missed chances. But yes, there’s a happy ending — how could there not be?The texts and emails between Lissa and Cormac are funny and sweet, and the story is a nice twist on the “two strangers fall in love without ever meeting” trope. Somehow, though, I was left wanting more. I felt that their connection needed more time to grow, and wasn’t given quite enough room to develop and breathe — and I was left wanting to see more of them together once they finally connected, rather than ending with their meeting.This is the 3rd of Jenny Colgan’s loosely connected stories set in Kirrinfief. Characters from both The Bookshop on the Corner and The Bookshop on the Shore show up here (and become friends with Lissa). It’s lovely to see them all — I just wish they’d actually had bigger roles to play, since I enjoy those characters so much.Overall, this is another winning romantic tale from a terrific author, balancing tough situations and emotions with lighter, more joyous moments and memorable characters.500 Miles From You can work as a stand-alone, but I’d recommend starting with The Bookshop on the Corner, which is a wonderful introduction to Kirrinfief and its quirky characters. Either way, don’t miss these lovely stories!Review copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley. Full review at Bookshelf Fantasies.
Alayne
July 29, 2020
Another winner from Jenny Colgan. This one was a fifth in the Scottish series with all the characters I’d grown to love as well as new ones. This was a sweet story to read and as usual with her books I read it very quickly.It was funny and sad but as always it all turns out well in the end. If you haven’t read the others in the series you can read it as a stand alone but, I think you would probably want to read the others after reading this.
Melissa (Way Behind!)
June 05, 2020
This is the third book in the Bookshop on the Shore series, but it can be read as a standalone. However, you'll miss the wonderful character connections that make Colgan's books so superb.I always like returning to a place in a book that I've visited before and getting caught up with everyone again--as well getting to know new characters. I really enjoyed both Lissa and Cormac and their adventures both apart and together. Their very real dealings with PTSD, but also the heartwarming connections that both of them learn to make when they are forced outside of their comfort zones. If you're looking for a book with great characters, some romance, a bit of humor, and all over good story, then Colgan's books are definitely ones to pick up.I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book, all opinions are my own.
Zoe
September 07, 2020
Sweet, tender, and heartwarming. Classic Jenny Colgan!
Fabulous Book Fiend
May 28, 2020
This book is a lesson in how books can be both wildly romantic but also impressively real life at the same time. It has been too long since I have been immersed in a Jenny Colgan novel and I am so happy to be back in her world once again, this truly was a triumph. I absolutely loved the premise behind this novel, the idea of a job swap and living in one another's lives in the best kind of meet cute there could be and both of these characters were the kind of people who needed that change to push them out of their comfort zones and really make them sit up and take notice. I loved watching the journey that Lissa and Cormac both took during the course of this book. I loved all the intricate details they both knew about each other's lives and those we were let into as reader-it felt really special. Lissa is a really cool character to get to know because we know she has gone through a trauma, we start the book with that and so seeing how she deals with that instantly lets us into the secret of her character. Then taking her out of her comfort zone and dropping her in the middle of nowhere to sink or swim was really fun. I loved Cormac from the start, I would really love to have met him in real life and he is the person I would really like to see more from in future Jenny Colgan novels. I loved how he handled himself and I really liked watching his journey of bringing some Scottish heart to London. The book is a dual narrative of sorts which always make for a quicker read for me but there is occasionally a third voice, a kind of narrator who I can only assume is Jenny Colgan talking to us and this made the book read just a little like a fairytale, I felt it added another level and really appreciated it. I also feel like the setting added another level, I loved the juxtaposition between the Scottish setting and the urban hum of London. Having spent time living in both settings I could feel the difference coming off the pages and this writer’s description triggering lots of memories for me. I listened to this book on audio and the narrator did a really great job. When the book had both an English and a Scottish character I was prepared to be let down by the narrator's accents but she did really well with both accents and dialects and so I highly recommend this book to you in whatever format you choose.
Heidi
March 10, 2020
Oh, my goodness tears! Sorry, this one is just full of the feelings... (I’m also offended for the author about the lower rating. Stingy as I am with 5s, kids books aside those are rated by my children). I was lucky enough to get a digital arc, and I have loved the Bookshop books and the town and characters created around them. This would technically be book three, and you could likely enjoy them independently, but I recommend reading in order. There are hard, emotional bits in this one. Real life gets messy and has horrible things happening to good unsuspecting people. This book was beautifully divided into parts developed with the characters journey. (Side note, I should be sleeping but I couldn’t stop reading, so I hope this makes sense) I loved how the author delved into the the needs and emotions, honesty laugh out loud moments and the ending was amazing and perfect. I hope there is another book set around this town (please)! The friends! Ooh, READ IT! It will definitely destroy you in the best way. People are touchy about spoilers, so I trying not to. I will 200% (typo yet actually true) be recommending this book once it hits shelves.
Kate
May 14, 2022
So delightful on audio! I adored the accents and returning to Scotland and the familiar characters from previous books in the series ❤️ I can’t believe I missed this one when it first came out!
Cheryl
May 08, 2020
First, thank you Goodreads and William Morrow for the advance readers copy of this heartwarmingly good read.Set in both London and a small burg in Scotland, two nurses switch locations for one (Lissa) to recover from witnessing a 15 year old boy being run down by an international driver and dying in her arms. The other is Cormac, an ex-army medic tending the needs of his quaint village, one “friend” at a time. Through daily notes on each other’s patients, they form an unseen relationship, while intermixing with each other’s respective circle. At first, neither is thrilled with the culture shock of their starkly different locations. Sometimes exasperating, some times humiliating, and once in a while, rather humorous. The beginning was slow, in regards to Lissa. Too much repeating her PTSD. Too much interpersonal contemplation. But it evens out as characters begin to form and you get absolutely attached to them. The supporting cast is just as endearing. We get reintroduced to several from Colgan’s “The Bookshop on the Corner” and meet some fun new characters. Loved all the Scottish slang to add to my repertoire. Kirrinfief is for sure a place I would absolutely adore being sent to. It’s a feel good read for these dark times. Looking forward to more from this setting.
Nathalie
February 19, 2023
Het derde deel in de serie happy ever after. Opnieuw een ander verhaal maar de vorige personages komen ook wel voor in dit deel.Deze keer gaat het om een uitwisseling. Beiden werken in de ambulante zorg als verpleegkundigenDe Schotse Cormac ruilt met de londense Lissa.Voor allebei serieus wennen. Ondertussen moeten ze ook regelmatig elkaar een update geven over hun ptn. Eerdere gelezen recensies waren iets minder lovend, vonden het langdradig. Ik heb dit niet opgemerkt. Ik vond het opnieuw een ontspannend verhaal om te lezen.Veel leesplezier
Tripfiction
June 30, 2020
Romance novel set in the HIGHLANDS and LONDONYOU TUBE REVIEW: https://youtu.be/07RcUGYeK0MLissa is a nurse practitioner liaison, based in London. She knows her territory and patients very well. She is however knocked to the core when she witnesses an attack on a young man whom she knows. She is in shock and traumatised and her boss feels she should consider a three month job swap. Cormac, based in the Scottish Highlands and also in the nursing profession, is not long out of the army and feeling unsettled. Both find themselves on the exchange programme and swapping jobs.This is a poignant and sometimes gritty story, often overlaid with humour. What fun an author can have taking two people out of their familiar environments and dropping them somewhere new and so different. Cormac is convinced that London requires people to dress in colourful clothes to ease the daily grind of greyness. Lissa, up in the small village of Kirrinfief is taken aback by the rural community in which she finds herself. They don’t lock doors? Injuries from animals? It’s all so quiet. But she does meet a cute little hedgehog (called Neddie Needles)!Lissa’s time is overshadowed by the fact she will have to appear as a witness in court.After a while, Lissa and Cormac start to exchange e mails, purportedly to ease the other into the job. Gradually – including some great drawings from Cormac to Lissa – they discover more about each other. Where might this lead?Jenny Colgan has written many, delightful novels and this latest outing is uplifting, funny and real.
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