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Our lady of Alice Bhatti

The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments in Karachi are looking for a miracle. Junior nurse, ex-prisoner and part-time healer Alice Bhatti is looking for a job. With guidance from the working nurse's manual, and some tricks she picked up in prison, Alice starts work at the crowded hospital bringing help to the thousands of patients littering the corridors. But her new life isn't easy and on top of everything else Alice impulsively falls for optimist and loveable good Teddy Butt - a ragtag law enforcement officer by night and a bodybuilder by day. Can Alice and Teddy live happily ever after? Will the hospital accept her unorthodox ways? It all seems unlikely, but then Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse and this is downtown Karachi where the unusual is ordinary...

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  • "The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments in Karachi are looking for a miracle. Junior nurse, ex-prisoner and part-time healer Alice Bhatti is looking for a job. With guidance from the working nurse's manual, and some tricks she picked up in prison, Alice starts work at the crowded hospital bringing help to the thousands of patients littering the corridors. But her new life isn't easy and on top of everything else Alice impulsively falls for optimist and loveable good Teddy Butt - a ragtag law enforcement officer by night and a bodybuilder by day. Can Alice and Teddy live happily ever after? Will the hospital accept her unorthodox ways? It all seems unlikely, but then Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse and this is downtown Karachi where the unusual is ordinary..."@en
  • "The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments need a miracle. Alice Bhatti may be just what they're looking for. She's the new junior nurse, but that's the only ordinary thing about her. She's just been released from the Borstal Jail for Women and Children. But more to the point, she's the daughter of a part-time healer in the French Colony, Karachi's infamous Christian slum, and it seems she has, unhappily, inherited his part-time gift. With a bit of begrudging but inspired improvisation, Alice begins to bring succor to the patients lining the hospital's corridors and camped outside its gates. But all is not miraculous. Alice is a Christian in an Islamic world, ensnared in the red tape of hospital bureaucracy, trapped by the caste system, torn between her duty to her patients, her father and her husband--who is a former bodybuilding champion, now an apprentice to the nefarious "Gentleman's Squad" of the Karachi police, and about to drag Alice into a situation so dangerous that perhaps not even a miracle will be able to save them. But, of course, Alice Bhatti is no ordinary young woman ... At once a high comedy of errors and a searing illumination of the seemingly unchangeable role of women in Pakistan's lower-caste society, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti is a resounding confirmation of Mohammed Hanif's gifts of storytelling and of razor-sharp social satire."@en
  • "The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments need a miracle. Alice Bhatti may be just what they're looking for. She's the new junior nurse, but that's the only ordinary thing about her. She's just been released from the Borstal Jail for Women and Children. But more to the point, she's the daughter of a part-time healer in the French Colony, Karachi's infamous Christian slum, and it seems she has, unhappily, inherited his part-time gift. With a bit of begrudging but inspired improvisation, Alice begins to bring succor to the patients lining the hospital's corridors and camped outside its gates. But all is not miraculous. Alice is a Christian in an Islamic world, ensnared in the red tape of hospital bureaucracy, trapped by the caste system, torn between her duty to her patients, her father and her husband--who is a former bodybuilding champion, now an apprentice to the nefarious "Gentleman's Squad" of the Karachi police, and about to drag Alice into a situation so dangerous that perhaps not even a miracle will be able to save them. But, of course, Alice Bhatti is no ordinary young woman ... At once a high comedy of errors and a searing illumination of the seemingly unchangeable role of women in Pakistan's lower-caste society, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti is a resounding confirmation of Mohammed Hanif's gifts of storytelling and of razor-sharp social satire."
  • ""A shockingly funny new novel set in steaming Karachi, about second chances, thwarted ambitions, and love in the most unlikely places. The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments need a miracle, and Alice Bhatti may be just what they're looking for. She's the new junior nurse, but that's the only thing ordinary about her. Her father is a part-time healer in the French Colony, Karachi's Christian slum--and it seems she has inherited his part-time gift. With a bit of begrudging but inspired improvisation, Alice brings succour to the patients lining the hospital's corridors. Yet, a Christian in an Islamic world, she is ensnared in the red tape of hospital bureaucracy, trapped by the caste system, and torn between her duty to her patients, her father, and her husband--an apprentice to the nefarious "Gentlemen's Squad" of the police, and about to plunge them both into a situation so dangerous that perhaps not even a miracle can save them. But, of course, Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse...:--Publisher."@en
  • "Im Zentrum des Romans steht das Herz Jesu Krankenhaus in Karachi. Alice Bhatti, eine junge Christin, bekommt eine Stelle als Assistenzkrankenschwester. Einige Zeit zuvor aus der Besserungsanstalt entlassen und in das Haus ihres Vaters im Christenghetto French Colony zurückgekehrt, gelingt es ihr mit ihrem unerschrockenen, zupackenden Auftreten schon bald, im chaotischen Alltag des vollkommen überfüllten und desolaten Krankenhauses Fuss zu fassen. Unterstützung erhält sie von dem 17-jährigen Jungen Noor, der dort als Schreiber angestellt ist und Alice vergöttert, sowie von der anfangs harschen, unzugänglichen Oberschwester Hina Alvi. Teddy Butt, muslimischer Herkunft, Bodybuilder und Scherge der inoffiziellen Polizeieinheit Gentlemen-Korps, die auf brutaleWeise mit "Verdächtigen" umgeht, wird auf Alice aufmerksam. Er umgarnt sie, und die kämpferische Alice fühlt sich schliesslich von ihm angezogen. Sie verlieben sich; Teddy mit unvermittelter Heftigkeit, Alice mit vorsichtigem Optimismus, doch ihr neues, gemeinsames Leben steht auf wackligen Fundamenten ... Ein tragikomischer Roman über Fanatismus, Willkür und patriarchale Strukturen, aber auch über die zweite Chance, Selbstbehauptungswillen und Liebe. Mohammed Hanifs zutiefst menschlicher Zugang und der eindringliche und temporeiche Erzählstil bestätigen seinen Ruf als herausragende literarische Stimme Pakistans. Mohammed Hanif, geboren 1965 in Okara/Pakistan, war Pilot der pakistanischen Luftwaffe, bevor er eine Karriere als Journalist einschlug. Ende der neunziger Jahre übersiedelte er nach London. Er schrieb Theaterstücke und Drehbücher und seinen ersten Roman "Eine Kiste explodierender Mangos", der bereits kurz nach Erscheinen für den Man Booker Prize nominiert wurde. Im Herbst 2008 kehrte er mit seiner Familie nach Pakistan zurück und arbeitet dort als Korrespondent der BBC. Er lebt in Karachi."
  • "The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments are looking for a miracle, and Alice Bhatti is looking for a job. Alice is a candidate for the position of junior nurse, grade 4. It is only a few weeks since her release from Borstal. She has returned to her childhood home in the French Colony, where her father, recently retired from his position as chief janitor, continues as part-time healer, and full-time headache for the local church. It seems she has inherited some of his gift. With guidance from the working nurse's manual, and some tricks she picked up in prison, Alice brings succour to the thousands of patients littering the hospital's corridors and concrete courtyard. In the process she attracts the attention of a lovesick patient, Teddy Bunt, apprentice to the nefarious 'Gentleman Squad' of the Karachi police. They fall in love; Teddy with sudden violence, Alice with cautious optimism. Their love is unexpected, but the consequences are not. Alice soon finds that her new life is built on foundations as unstable as those of her home. A Catholic snubbed by other Catholics, who are in turn hated by everyone around them, she is also put at risk by her husband, who does two things that no member of the Gentlemen Squad has ever done, fall in love with a working girl, and allow a potentially dangerous suspect to get away. Can Teddy and Alice ever live in peace? Can two people make a life together without destroying the very thing that united them? It seems unlikely, but then Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse."@en
  • "The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments are looking for a miracle, and Alice Bhatti is looking for a job. Alice is a candidate for the position of junior nurse, grade 4. It is only a few weeks since her release from Borstal. She has returned to her childhood home in the French Colony, where her father, recently retired from his position as chief janitor, continues as part-time healer, and full-time headache for the local church. It seems she has inherited some of his gift. With guidance from the working nurse's manual, and some tricks she picked up in prison, Alice brings succour to the thousands of patients littering the hospital's corridors and concrete courtyard. In the process she attracts the attention of a lovesick patient, Teddy Bunt, apprentice to the nefarious 'Gentleman Squad' of the Karachi police. They fall in love; Teddy with sudden violence, Alice with cautious optimism. Their love is unexpected, but the consequences are not. Alice soon finds that her new life is built on foundations as unstable as those of her home. A Catholic snubbed by other Catholics, who are in turn hated by everyone around them, she is also put at risk by her husband, who does two things that no member of the Gentlemen Squad has ever done, fall in love with a working girl, and allow a potentially dangerous suspect to get away. Can Teddy and Alice ever live in peace? Can two people make a life together without destroying the very thing that united them? It seems unlikely, but then Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse."
  • "When Alice Bhatti returns to her childhood home in the French Colony, she starts work at the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments, healing the sick. She falls in love with Teddy Bunt, apprentice to the nefarious Gentleman Squad of the Karachi police. Their love is unexpected but the consequences are not."@en
  • "The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments are looking for a miracle, and Alice Bhatti is looking for a job. Alice is a candidate for the position of junior nurse, grade 4. It is only a few weeks since her release from Borstal. She has returned to her childhood home in the French Colony, where her father, recently retired from his position as chief janitor, continues as part-time healer, and full-time headache for the local church. It seems she has inherited some of his gift. With guidance from the working nurse's manual, and some tricks she picked up in prison, Alice brings succour to the thousands of patients littering the hospital's corridors and concrete courtyard. In the process she attracts the attention of a lovesick patient, Teddy Bunt, apprentice to the nefarious 'Gentleman Squad' of the Karachi police. They fall in love; Teddy with sudden violence, Alice with cautious optimism. Their love is unexpected, but the consequences are not. Alice soon finds that her new life is built on foundations as unstable as those of her home. A Catholic snubbed by other Catholics, who are in turn hated by everyone around them, she is also put at risk by her husband, who does two things that no member of the Gentlemen Squad has ever done - fall in love with a working girl, and allow a potentially dangerous suspect to get away. Can Teddy and Alice ever live in peace? Can two people make a life together without destroying the very thing that united them? It seems unlikely, but then Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse..."
  • "Een jonge christelijke vrouw werkt in een ziekenhuis in Karachi; in de Pakistaanse samenleving waarin moslimfundamentalisme zorgt voor terreur en corruptie, ondervindt ze door haar geloof en afkomst grote problemen."
  • "As the new junior nurse at the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments, Alice Bhatti discovers she has inherited her father's gift of healing."
  • "The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments in Karachi are looking for a miracle. Junior nurse, ex-prisoner and part-time healer Alice Bhatti is looking for a job. With guidance from the working nurse's manual, and some tricks she picked up in prison, Alice starts work at the crowded hospital bringing help to the thousands of patients littering the corridors. But her new life isn't easy and on top of everything else Alice impulsively falls for optimist and loveable good Teddy Butt - a ragtag law enforcement officer by night and a bodybuilder by day. Can Alice and Teddy live happily ever after? Will the hospital accept her unorthodox ways? It all seems unlikely, but then Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse and this is downtown Karachi where the unusual is ordinary ..."@en

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Text"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Romance fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Bellestrische Darstellung"
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Medical novels"
  • "Medical novels"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
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  • "Our lady of Alice Bhatti"
  • "Our lady of Alice Bhatti"@en
  • "Alice Bhattis Himmelfahrt Roman"
  • "Notre-Dame d'Alice Bhatti"
  • "Notre-Dame d'Alice Bhatti : roman"
  • "Alice Bhattis Himmelfahrt"
  • "Onze lieve vrouw van Alice Bhatti"
  • "Alice Bhattis Himmelfahrt : Roman"
  • "Our Lady of Alice Bhatti"@en
  • "Our Lady of Alice Bhatti"

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