Shannon's Way Explained

Shannon's Way
Author:A. J. Cronin
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Publisher:Gollancz (UK)
Little, Brown (US)
Ryerson Press (Canada)
Release Date:1948
Media Type:Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages:313 pp. (US hardback edition)
Isbn:0-450-03313-9

Shannon's Way is a 1948 novel by Scots author, A. J. Cronin. It continues the story of Robert Shannon from Cronin's previous novel, The Green Years (1944).

Plot summary

Robert trains to be a doctor at the fictional Levenford Infirmary (Levenford is loosely based on Dumbarton), and falls in love with Jean Law, a young medical student belonging to the Plymouth Brethren who rejects him when she discovers that he has deceived her about his history and religion (he is a Roman Catholic). He develops an interest in a disease contracted from infected cows' milk, and devotes his spare time to researching it: it turns out to be brucellosis. Dr. Shannon contracts a nervous breakdown when he completes the project only to find that someone else has anticipated his results, and is nursed by and marries Jean.

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