Product Description
“Letters from Mallorca” is the true story of time spent in “Hospital Joan March.” situated high in the hills of Mallorca.
A blood infection resulting in a three-day fever had alerted Kevin to the fact that something was desperately wrong, and within hours he had an emergency operation to have his left foot removed.
Over the next six months he gets to know the patients and nurses; improves his Spanish, has some comical adventures with fellow “Inmates” Ramon Leonthio, “Oldham John,” “Mr. Burns” and the effervescent “Fruitcake!” He also falls madly in love.
He is a big hit amongst the doctors and nurses; “Christmas Party Maria,” “The Lovely Francisca,” “Contact Lens Marga,” “Nurse Hitler” and “Doctor Death” to name but a few.
However, right from the start he only has eyes for one of them – his beautiful “Guardian Angel,” Maria Angeles; the girl who would simply take away the pain.
This is a positive, life-affirming and confident true and honest story, whilst deeply personal it offers an amusing and entertaining look at everyday life on a hospital ward in a foreign country, where the language barrier provides as much amusement as it does frustration, and is highlighted to great comic effect.
The reader is taken right to the heart of Kevin’s world and allowed the most intimate view of his life, and comes away with a feeling of hope, inspiration, and a nice warm gooey feeling inside!
A blood infection resulting in a three-day fever had alerted Kevin to the fact that something was desperately wrong, and within hours he had an emergency operation to have his left foot removed.
Over the next six months he gets to know the patients and nurses; improves his Spanish, has some comical adventures with fellow “Inmates” Ramon Leonthio, “Oldham John,” “Mr. Burns” and the effervescent “Fruitcake!” He also falls madly in love.
He is a big hit amongst the doctors and nurses; “Christmas Party Maria,” “The Lovely Francisca,” “Contact Lens Marga,” “Nurse Hitler” and “Doctor Death” to name but a few.
However, right from the start he only has eyes for one of them – his beautiful “Guardian Angel,” Maria Angeles; the girl who would simply take away the pain.
This is a positive, life-affirming and confident true and honest story, whilst deeply personal it offers an amusing and entertaining look at everyday life on a hospital ward in a foreign country, where the language barrier provides as much amusement as it does frustration, and is highlighted to great comic effect.
The reader is taken right to the heart of Kevin’s world and allowed the most intimate view of his life, and comes away with a feeling of hope, inspiration, and a nice warm gooey feeling inside!
About the Author
Kevin Paul Woodrow was born in the beautiful Somerset City of Bath, on the 21st August 1956, The son of a Master Builder he discovered at a tender age that he did not know one end of a hammer from the other!! In his very early teens he did however discover that he had an amazing talent for consuming alcohol, and decided that the pub business was where his future lay. Leaving the shores of Britain in November 1992, he moved to the crazy resort of Magalluf, on the Sunshine Island of Mallorca, where he lives today
