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Feb 21, 2019savtadina rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is a very powerful book about a woman during the mid-1800s (and Civil War era) in the U.S. who wanted to become a doctor at a time when women were not considered suitable for the profession. Mary Sutter was not a real person but a compilation of 17 women who became doctors after the Civil War. The author did such a marvelous job of developing Mary's character that she seemed like a real person to me. The author, Robin Oliveira, clearly did a lot of research to write this richly woven book. The book is about a woman's determination, how her family was torn apart in this time, how the medical field developed as a necessity after the war, and about the war itself and how woefully unprepared the North and Lincoln's generals were.