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Julia Buss

Julia Buss

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Julia Buss is a nurse with over 20 years experience in healthcare. Her best friends are nurses, and she passionately believes in all nurses' ability and potential to change our world for the better. Julia writes health articles regularly for the Examiner.com.

Murdo

Murdo

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<p>When Jessica Bryant pesters her wealthy parents to allow her to have a dog as a pet, the answer is a resounding &quot;No&quot;; but they soon come to regret their decision when thier home is broken into one evening whilst they are out and their daughter kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers, in the form of four seedy and incompetent characters wearing Disneyland-type masks, take her hostage and keep her incarcerated in a place from which there appears to be no escape. However, they reckon without the resourcefulness of our heroine, and the courage of a wonderful stray dog who comes to her aid and whom she names 'Murdo'. And so begins an exciting and humurous accounting of the couples' adventures together as they consistently foil and outwit the abductors whilst on the run together.<br /> This is a lovely story of the friendship between a girl and a dog, bringing out themes of responsibility, camaraderie, redemption, salvation and self-sacrifice. It includes some wonderful dialogue sequences as Jessica teaches her new four-legged friend how to communicate with her, with additional delightful conversations between the animals when a rabbit and a sparrow join forces with them in an effort to outwit the kidnappers and restore Jessica safely back to her parents' home. </p>

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Scrubs magazine

🔗 http://scrubsmag.com/book-urges-nurses-to-get-healthy/

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Reviews

As a retired occupational health nurse of many years (I had the responsibility of running a department that provided OH services for 6,000 staff in the NHS) I was delighted to see Julia's excellent book. It is one that is invaluable for all those working in preventative medicine within the NHS. The health promotion department throughout all hospitals in the UK and the USA, should promote this book, and encourage all healthcare workers to adopt its regime. All primary care doctors would find the book invaluable. The reduction of sugar in the diet, and a change in eating habits, could make a huge difference to all those nurses who develop health problems due to obesity. Julia makes eating sound fun, and the photography makes one want to rush out and buy delicious vegetables and fruit etc. I wish that it had been available in my department, as a guide and teaching aid, when I was in practice. Mary Sadtler.