My Name Is Mary Sutter
In this stunning historical novel, Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine—and eager to run away from her recent heartbreak— Mary leaves home and travels to Washington,...
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In this stunning historical novel, Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine—and eager to run away from her recent heartbreak— Mary leaves home and travels to Washington, D.C. to help tend the legions of Civil War wounded. Under the guidance of William Stipp and James Blevens—two surgeons who fall unwittingly in love with Mary's courage, will, and stubbornness in the face of suffering—and resisting her mother's pleas to return home to help with the birth of her twin sister's baby, Mary pursues her medical career in the desperately overwhelmed hospitals of the capital.Like Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain and Robert Hicks's The Widow of the South, My Name Is Mary Sutter powerfully evokes the atmosphere of the period. Rich with historical detail (including marvelous depictions of Lincoln, Dorothea Dix, General McClellan, and John...
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101190142 (1101190140)
Publish date: May 13th 2010
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Really well written book. The language was beautifully descriptive and really conveyed a sense of time and place. Having toured Antietam myself a year or two ago I had a pretty good idea of how that battle went, down to troop formations and the Sunken Road and Burnside's Bridge, etc. But the author ...
Too much silly romance, not enough character development. A quick read - finished it on the train and waiting for a haircut, and it was entertaining enough.
The story of this remarkable woman and the men and women around her who risked their lives to save the nation's soldiers are the true un-sung heroes of the Civil War. Oliveira's novel is richly researched and a tale is truly woven. However, I felt that there was something lacking... I tried to conne...
I read the first chapter as a Kindle sample download and enjoyed it enough to borrow the paperback from the library. However, I just couldn't get into the book at all; maybe I'm just not in the mood for the subject matter right now or maybe the very small print of the paperback didn't help but I dec...
I can see why history buffs would like this book a lot, but frankly, it wasn't my cup of tea. Very strong on historical details of battles, hospital conditions and medical procedures, but a bit too detailed for my tastes. Intense descriptions of the disgusting conditions in which people lay dying, ...